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alluva

alluva 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 alluva

What is alluva the contraction of?
Alluva is the contraction of all.

Words near alluva in the dictionary

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

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