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cumbrance

cumbrance noun: encumbrance.

Noun

cumbrance (countable and uncountable, plural cumbrances)

  1. (obsolete) encumbrance
    • Extol not Riches then, the toyl of Fools,
      The wiſe mans cumbrance if not ſnare,1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 52, lines 453–454

Forms of cumbrance

pluralcumbrances

Origin of cumbrance

From cumber + -ance.

Questions about cumbrance

What does cumbrance mean?
Cumbrance means encumbrance.
What part of speech is cumbrance?
Cumbrance is a noun.
What is the plural of cumbrance?
The plural of cumbrance is cumbrances.

Words near cumbrance in the dictionary

  1. Cumborah
  2. Cumbos
  3. cumbrain
  4. cumbrained
  5. cumbrains
  6. cumbrance
  7. cumbrances
  8. cumbre
  9. Cumbre Vieja
  10. cumbred
  11. cumbrella

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