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THREES
Noun
threes
plural of three
threes pl (plural only)
The age of three; three years old.
(poker slang) A pair of threes.
(basketball) Three point shots.
Anagrams
• Ehrets, Esther, Hester, ethers, there's, theres
Source: Wiktionary
THREE
Three, a. Etym: [OE. þre, þreo, þri, AS. þri, masc., þreó, fem. and neut.; akin to OFries. thre, OS. thria, threa, D. drie, G. drei, OHG. dri, Icel. þrir, Dan. & Sw. tre, Goth. þreis, Lith. trys, Ir., Gael. & W. tri, Russ. tri, L. tres, Gr. trei^s, Skr. tri. *301. Cf. 3d Drilling, Tern, a., Third, Thirteen, Thirty, Tierce, Trey, Tri-, Triad, Trinity, Tripod.]
Definition: One more than two; two and one. "I offer thee three things." 2 Sam. xxiv. 12. Three solemn aisles approach the shrine. Keble.
Note: Three is often joined with other words, forming compounds signifying divided into, composed of, or containing, three parts, portions, organs, or the like; as, three-branched, three-capsuled, three-celled, three-cleft, three-edged, three-foot, three-footed, three-forked, three-grained, three-headed, three-legged, three- mouthed, three-nooked, three-petaled, three-pronged, three-ribbed, three-seeded, three-stringed, three-toed, and the like.
Three, n.
1. The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
2. A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii. Rule of three. (Arith.) See under Rule, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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