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foredawns

foredawns is the plural of foredawn.

foredawns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foredawn.

Meaning of foredawn

Noun

foredawn (plural foredawns)

  1. The time before dawn.
    • I opened the front door and went out into the foredawn, into the hissing of the silence and the humming of the underground trains standing empty with lighted windows on the far side of the common.1984, The Granta - Issues 12-13, page 231

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Questions about foredawns

What is foredawns the plural of?
Foredawns is the plural of foredawn.

Words near foredawns in the dictionary

  1. foredates
  2. foredating
  3. foredawn
  4. foredawned
  5. foredawning
  6. foredawns
  7. foreday
  8. foredays
  9. foredeal
  10. foredeals
  11. foredeck

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