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choes

choes is the plural of chous.

Meaning of chous

Noun

chous (plural choes)

  1. A squat, rounded form of oenochoe with a trefoil mouth.
  2. An Ancient Greek unit of liquid measure correspondent to 12 cotylae.
    • It follows that the seah must equal the urna, and the hin equal 2 Attic choes.1903, Sir Charles Warren, The Ancient Cubit and Our Weights and Measures, page 89

Proper noun capitalized: Choes

Choes

  1. (plural) plural of Choe

Questions about choes

What is choes the plural of?
Choes is the plural of chous.
What part of speech is choes?
Choes is a proper noun.

Words near choes in the dictionary

  1. Choe
  2. Choeac
  3. choenices
  4. choenix
  5. choenixes
  6. choes
  7. choffer
  8. choffers
  9. chog
  10. choga
  11. chogas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: choes (page history and authors); Choes (page history and authors); chous (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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