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dew-fall

dew-fall is the alternative spelling of dewfall.

Meaning of dewfall

Noun

dewfall (plural dewfalls)

  1. The forming of dew.
  2. The time when dew begins to form.
    • It was dark when they rose in the morning and dark when they filed into the kitchen to get their plates and spoons and still dark when they turned out in the dewfall and grainy mist of the yard.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 44

Forms of dew-fall

pluraldew-falls

Questions about dew-fall

What is dew-fall the alternative spelling of?
Dew-fall is the alternative spelling of dewfall.

Words near dew-fall in the dictionary

  1. dew-beater
  2. dew-beaters
  3. dew-clawed
  4. dew-drink
  5. dew-eyed
  6. dew-fall
  7. dew-falls
  8. dew-worm
  9. dew-worms
  10. Dewa
  11. dewal

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