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alluv

alluv is the contraction of all.

Meaning of all

Determiner

all

  1. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
    • All contestants must register for the footrace: we've arranged numbers for them all.
  2. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
    • The store is open all day and all night.
  3. Only; alone; nothing but.
    • He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
  4. (obsolete) Any.
    • without all remedyc. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Questions about alluv

What is alluv the contraction of?
Alluv is the contraction of all.

Words near alluv in the dictionary

  1. allusively
  2. allusiveness
  3. allusivenesses
  4. allusivity
  5. allusory
  6. alluv
  7. alluva
  8. alluvia
  9. alluvial
  10. alluvial deposit
  11. alluvial deposits

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