twelves
Meaning of twelves
- equivalent to the product of three and four; two more than ten; 12.
he walked twelve miles
there are just twelve of us in all
a twelve-string guitar
Old English twelf(e), from the base of two + a second element (probably expressing the sense ‘left over’); of Germanic origin and related to Dutch twaalf and German zwölf . Compare with eleven.
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Hyphenation of twelves
twelves
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- twelves is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
twelves synonyms
Meaning a group or set of twelve:
Meaning a belt of the heavens within about 8° either side of the ecliptic, including all apparent positions of the sun, moon, and most familiar planets. It is divided into twelve equal divisions or signs (Ari:
Words that rhyme with twelves
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