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afterwaves

afterwaves is the plural of afterwave.

Meaning of afterwave

Noun

afterwave (plural afterwaves)

  1. A wave (in literal and figurative senses) that follows something.
    • From the fierce burning stream, the afterwaves keep those over which they flow, in a state of fusion:1801, Robert Charles Dallas (translator), The Natural History of Volcanoes by the Abbé Ordinaire, London: T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, Chapter 22, p. 158

Questions about afterwaves

What is afterwaves the plural of?
Afterwaves is the plural of afterwave.

Words near afterwaves in the dictionary

  1. afterwards
  2. afterwardsness
  3. afterwash
  4. afterwashes
  5. afterwave
  6. afterwaves
  7. afterwhile
  8. afterwisdom
  9. afterwise
  10. afterwit
  11. afterwits

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