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chines

chines is the plural of chine.

chines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chine.

Meaning of chine

Noun (1)

chine (plural chines)

  1. The top of a ridge.
  2. The spine of an animal.
    • And chine with rising bristles roughly spread.1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  3. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
  4. The back of the blade on a scythe.

Noun (2)

chine (plural chines)

  1. (Southern-England, Vancouver) A steep-sided ravine leading from the top of a cliff down to the sea.
    • The cottage in a chine, we were not to behold it.1885, Jean Ingelow, A Cottage in a Chine

Noun (3)

chine (plural chines)

  1. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.

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Phrases with chines

Questions about chines

What is chines the plural of?
Chines is the plural of chine.

Words near chines in the dictionary

  1. chinenoside
  2. Chinens
  3. Chinequa
  4. Chinery
  5. Chinerys
  6. chines
  7. Chinesca
  8. Chinese
  9. Chinese ace
  10. Chinese aces
  11. Chinese alligator

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