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allover

allover is the alternative spelling of all-over.

Meaning of all-over

Adjective

all-over (not comparable)

  1. Over the whole area or extent.
    • Charing Cross station of the old South-Eastern Railway differed much in appearance from that of today, as it had an arched all-over roof, which collapsed some nine years later and was replaced by the present one.1939 June, T. R. Perkins, “My Red-Letter Day - II”, in Railway Magazine, page 399

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Forms of allover

pluralallovers

Origin of allover

From Middle English alover. By surface analysis, all + over.

Questions about allover

What is allover the alternative spelling of?
Allover is the alternative spelling of all-over.

Words near allover in the dictionary

  1. Allouez
  2. allouing
  3. allovein
  4. alloveins
  5. allovenous
  6. allover
  7. alloverish
  8. alloverishness
  9. alloverness
  10. allovers
  11. allow

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