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bow compasses

bow compasses is the plural of bow compass.

Meaning of bow compass

Noun

bow compass (plural bow compasses)

  1. An arcograph.
  2. A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil or pen for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring rather than a joint.
  3. A pair of compasses with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs and passing through the other.

Questions about bow compasses

What is bow compasses the plural of?
Bow compasses is the plural of bow compass.

Words near bow compasses in the dictionary

  1. bow chicka bow wow
  2. bow chicka wow wow
  3. bow collector
  4. bow collectors
  5. bow compass
  6. bow compasses
  7. Bow Creek
  8. bow diddley
  9. bow diddleys
  10. bow down
  11. bow down before the porcelain god

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