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hookbait

hookbait noun: bait attached to a hook.

Noun

hookbait (countable and uncountable, plural hookbaits)

  1. bait attached to a hook

Forms of hookbait

pluralhookbaits

Questions about hookbait

What does hookbait mean?
Hookbait means bait attached to a hook.
What part of speech is hookbait?
Hookbait is a noun.
What is the plural of hookbait?
The plural of hookbait is hookbaits.

Words near hookbait in the dictionary

  1. hookah-burdars
  2. hookahs
  3. hookaroon
  4. hookaroons
  5. hookas
  6. hookbait
  7. hookbill
  8. hookbills
  9. hooke
  10. Hooke's atom
  11. Hooke's atoms

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