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clefts

clefts is the plural of cleft.

clefts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cleft.

Meaning of cleft

Noun

cleft (plural clefts)

  1. An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
    • The river flows through a cleft in the mountains.
  2. A piece made by splitting.
    • a cleft of wood
  3. A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

See all 5 meanings of cleft

Phrases with clefts

Questions about clefts

What is clefts the plural of?
Clefts is the plural of cleft.

Words near clefts in the dictionary

  1. cleftgrafting
  2. cleftgrafts
  3. clefting
  4. cleftings
  5. cleftkarren
  6. clefts
  7. clefts of Venus
  8. cleftstone
  9. cleftstones
  10. cleg
  11. Cleganebowl

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