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ingates

ingates is the plural of ingate.

Meaning of ingate

Noun

ingate (plural ingates)

  1. (obsolete) entrance or beginning,
    • […] which hath in charge the ingate of the yeare.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 12
  2. The aperture in a mould for pouring in the metal; the gate; tedge.
    • ingate pin

Questions about ingates

What is ingates the plural of?
Ingates is the plural of ingate.

Words near ingates in the dictionary

  1. ingannations
  2. Ingarsby
  3. ingas
  4. ingassing
  5. ingate
  6. ingates
  7. Ingatestone
  8. Ingatestone and Fryerning
  9. ingather
  10. ingathered
  11. ingatherer

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