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charettes

charettes is the plural of charette.

Meaning of charette

Noun

charette (plural charettes)

  1. A small two-wheeled cart; (historical) a chariot.
    • He was in fierce wrath, because Patrasche had been a strong and much-enduring animal, and because he himself had now the hard task of pushing his charette all the way to Louvain.1872, Ouida [pseudonym; Maria Louise Ramé], A Dog of Flanders
  2. (US) A period of intense work, especially group work undertaken to meet a deadline.
    • Today's charrette is basically a community planning process designed to arrive at implementable plans and solutions to community concerns in a very short time period.1977, John W. Warden, Citizen Participation. What Others Say…What Others Do…, Charlottesville, Virgina: Mid-Atlantic Center for Community Education, page 6

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Proper noun capitalized: Charettes

Charettes

  1. (plural) plural of Charette

Questions about charettes

What is charettes the plural of?
Charettes is the plural of charette.
What part of speech is charettes?
Charettes is a proper noun.

Words near charettes in the dictionary

  1. Charests
  2. charet
  3. charets
  4. charette
  5. Charette modification
  6. charettes
  7. Charfield
  8. chargable
  9. charge
  10. charge account
  11. charge accounts

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