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forestages

forestages is the plural of forestage.

forestages is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forestage.

Meaning of forestage

Noun (1)

forestage (plural forestages)

  1. The part of a theatre stage in front of the closed curtain.
  2. A preliminary or developmental stage.
    • The formation of exogenous uric acid is largely within our power; the amount can be diminished by limiting the forestages of uric acid-nucleins and purin derivatives—in the food.1905, AMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
  3. (obsolete) Forecastle.
    • Ships of Forecastle were ships with Forestages, and carried about 150 men each ; they were the largest ships then in use.1787, John Fenn, Original letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI.

Noun (2)

forestage (plural forestages)

  1. (UK, historical) A duty or tribute payable to the king's foresters.
  2. (UK, historical) A service paid by foresters to the king.

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Questions about forestages

What is forestages the plural of?
Forestages is the plural of forestage.

Words near forestages in the dictionary

  1. Foresta
  2. forestaff
  3. forestaffs
  4. forestage
  5. forestaged
  6. forestages
  7. forestaging
  8. forestair
  9. forestairs
  10. forestal
  11. forestaled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forestages (page history and authors); forestage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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