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crackles

crackles noun: rales. Also the plural of crackle.

Noun

crackles

  1. (plural, plural-only, lung sounds) rales

Also used as

crackles is also the plural of crackle.

crackles is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of crackle.

Phrases with crackles

Questions about crackles

What does crackles mean?
Crackles means rales.
What part of speech is crackles?
Crackles is a noun.

Words near crackles in the dictionary

  1. crackleberries
  2. crackleberry
  3. crackled
  4. crackler
  5. cracklers
  6. crackles
  7. crackless
  8. cracklessly
  9. cracklessness
  10. cracklet
  11. crackleth

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