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fests

fests is the plural of fest.

Meaning of fest

Noun

fest (plural fests)

  1. (in-compounds) A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
    • a Renaissance fest
    Synonyms:
    festival
  2. (in-compounds) An event in which the act denoted by the previous noun occurs.
    • That same trip would have to go down as the greatest dipping fest in Australian birding history. I had five target species and never saw one, despite spending a week looking for them.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 35

Phrases with fests

Questions about fests

What is fests the plural of?
Fests is the plural of fest.

Words near fests in the dictionary

  1. festoonery
  2. festooning
  3. festoonings
  4. festoons
  5. festoony
  6. fests
  7. festschrift
  8. festschriften
  9. festschrifts
  10. festuca
  11. festucas

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