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hundreds of thousands

hundreds of thousands noun: in the sense of the sugar decoration, an error for hundreds and thousands.

Noun

hundreds of thousands pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) In the sense of the sugar decoration, an error for hundreds and thousands.
  2. (plural, plural-only) An imprecise or unknown number between one hundred thousand and a million; numbering hundreds of thousands.

Questions about hundreds of thousands

What does hundreds of thousands mean?
Hundreds of thousands means in the sense of the sugar decoration, an error for hundreds and thousands.
What part of speech is hundreds of thousands?
Hundreds of thousands is a noun.

Words near hundreds of thousands in the dictionary

  1. hundredodd
  2. hundredor
  3. hundredors
  4. hundreds
  5. hundreds and thousands
  6. hundreds of thousands
  7. hundredsome
  8. hundredsomething
  9. hundredth
  10. hundredth monkey
  11. hundredthly

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