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bibles

bibles is the plural of bible.

Meaning of bible

Noun

bible (plural bibles)

  1. (broadly) A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership; a foundational text.
    • handyman’s bible
  2. A binder containing copies of the most important documents for a particular matter.
    • Could you please add these to the case bible?
  3. Synonym of holystone: a piece of sandstone used for scouring wooden decks on ships.
    Synonyms:
    holystone
  4. (at certain US universities) A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.
    • My friend’s a genius, he will give me problems one through nine. The bible of a sophomore will have the needed lines.1965, Matt Fichtenbaum, Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw”, in The Broadside of Boston, volume III, number 22
  5. Omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants
  6. The upper part of a pin-tumbler lock, containing the driver pins and springs.

See all 12 meanings of bible

Proper noun capitalized: Bibles

Bibles

  1. (plural) plural of Bible

Noun capitalized: Bibles

Bibles

  1. (plural) plural of Bible

Phrases with bibles

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Questions about bibles

What is bibles the plural of?
Bibles is the plural of bible.
What part of speech is bibles?
Bibles can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near bibles in the dictionary

  1. Bible-punchers
  2. Bible-thumper
  3. Bible-thumpers
  4. bibler
  5. biblers
  6. bibles
  7. bibless
  8. biblethumping
  9. Biblewoman
  10. Biblewomen
  11. Biblezine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bibles (page history and authors); Bibles (page history and authors); bible (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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