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cumbrances

cumbrances is the plural of cumbrance.

Meaning of cumbrance

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

Questions about cumbrances

What is cumbrances the plural of?
Cumbrances is the plural of cumbrance.

Words near cumbrances in the dictionary

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

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