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bents

/bɛnts/

bents is the plural of bent.

Meaning of bent

Noun

bent (plural bents)

  1. An inclination or talent.
    • He had a natural bent for painting.
    Synonyms:
    disposition
  2. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
    • His mind was of a technical bent.
  3. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
    • the bent of a bow
  4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
    • Beneath the lowering brow, and on a bent, / The temple stood of Mars armipotent1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  5. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
    • bents and turns of the mattera. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC
  6. Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.

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Questions about bents

What is bents the plural of?
Bents is the plural of bent.
How do you pronounce bents?
Bents is pronounced /bɛnts/.

Words near bents in the dictionary

  1. Bentonville
  2. bentorite
  3. bentorites
  4. bentos
  5. bentricular
  6. bents
  7. Bentsen
  8. Bentsens
  9. bentsh
  10. bentshed
  11. bentsher

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