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afterpieces

afterpieces is the plural of afterpiece.

Meaning of afterpiece

Noun

afterpiece (plural afterpieces)

  1. (historical) An additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment performed after a play.
    • To preface much concerning these little after-pieces of Poetry, I hold needlesse, having spoke my mind so fully before.1642, Henry More, Psychodia Platonica, Cambridge: Roger Daniel, Preface
  2. The heel of a rudder.

Questions about afterpieces

What is afterpieces the plural of?
Afterpieces is the plural of afterpiece.

Words near afterpieces in the dictionary

  1. afterparty
  2. afterpeak
  3. afterpeaks
  4. afterperception
  5. afterpiece
  6. afterpieces
  7. afterplay
  8. afterpotential
  9. afterpotentials
  10. afterpulse
  11. afterpulses

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