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five-for

five-for noun: the feat of a bowler taking five wickets in one innings.

Noun

five-for (plural five-fors)

  1. The feat of a bowler taking five wickets in one innings
    • He has taken 87 five-fors in his test carrer.

Forms of five-for

pluralfive-fors

Questions about five-for

What does five-for mean?
Five-for means the feat of a bowler taking five wickets in one innings.
What part of speech is five-for?
Five-for is a noun.
What is the plural of five-for?
The plural of five-for is five-fors.

Words near five-for in the dictionary

  1. five-finger discounts
  2. five-finger exercise
  3. five-finger exercises
  4. five-fold
  5. five-foot way
  6. five-for
  7. five-fors
  8. five-hole
  9. five-holes
  10. five-hundredth
  11. five-hundredths

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