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1930s

1930s noun: the decade from 1930 to 1939.

Noun

1930s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade from 1930 to 1939.
    • In addition to glazed ceramics we have, for the first time, actual remnants of wood — not simply imprints in the earth like those found at An-Yang. The first discovery of these woods was an accident, occurring at railroad excavations of the early 1930s in the South China province of Hunan, at the...1964, Sherman E. Lee, “Chinese Art of the Shang and Chou Dynasties”, in A History of Far Eastern Art, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 49, columns 1, 2
    • Note the presence in the foreground of the fronds of ailanthus, often called “ghetto palm,” now ubiquitous in Baltimore but apparently already common in the 1930s.2006, Mark Chalkley, Hampden-Woodberry
    Synonyms:
    '30s, 30s, thirties

Examples of 1930s in a sentence

  • The first discovery of these woods was an accident, occurring at railroad excavations of the early 1930s in the South China province of Hunan, at the city of Ch’ang-Sha.1964, Sherman E. Lee, “Chinese Art of the Shang and Chou Dynasties”, in A History of Far Eastern Art, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc....
  • Their business model of the 1920s and 1930s, which had catapulted the business to undreamt-of heights, had then turned into something of a ball and chain.2011, John Bradley, Cadbury's Purple Reign: The Story Behind Chocolate's Best-Loved Brand:

Synonyms of 1930s

Forms of 1930s

alternative form1930's

Questions about 1930s

What does 1930s mean?
1930s means the decade from 1930 to 1939.
How do you use 1930s in a sentence?
The first discovery of these woods was an accident, occurring at railroad excavations of the early 1930s in the South China province of Hunan, at the city of Ch’ang-Sha.
What part of speech is 1930s?
1930s is a noun.

Words near 1930s in the dictionary

  1. 1910's
  2. 1910s
  3. 1920's
  4. 1920s
  5. 1930's
  6. 1930s
  7. 1940's
  8. 1940s
  9. 1950's
  10. 1950s
  11. 1960's

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