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croys

croys is the plural of croy.

Meaning of croy

Noun

croy (plural croys)

  1. (Scottish) a natural or man-made protrusion or jetty projecting on a river and used to manage river fisheries, providing an obstacle to slow down current, a shelter for fish, a funnel to net them, and a platform to cast from.
    Synonyms:
    groin, groyne

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Proper noun capitalized: Croys

Croys

  1. (plural) plural of Croy

Questions about croys

What is croys the plural of?
Croys is the plural of croy.
What part of speech is croys?
Croys is a proper noun.

Words near croys in the dictionary

  1. Croyles
  2. croyn
  3. croyned
  4. croyning
  5. croyns
  6. croys
  7. croze
  8. croze iron
  9. croze irons
  10. Crozer
  11. crozes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: croys (page history and authors); Croys (page history and authors); croy (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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