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afterlengths

afterlengths is the plural of afterlength.

Meaning of afterlength

Noun

afterlength (plural afterlengths)

  1. The shorter length of string between the bridge and the tailpiece of a stringed instrument, on the other side from that which is usually played.
    • Some luthiers believe it to be important to tune the afterlengths.

Questions about afterlengths

What is afterlengths the plural of?
Afterlengths is the plural of afterlength.

Words near afterlengths in the dictionary

  1. afterknowledge
  2. Afterlee
  3. Afterlehen
  4. Afterlehens
  5. afterlength
  6. afterlengths
  7. afterlife
  8. afterlifes
  9. afterlifetime
  10. afterlifetimes
  11. afterlight

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Adapted from Wiktionary: afterlengths (page history and authors); afterlength (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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