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intermurals

intermurals is the plural of intermural.

Meaning of intermural

Noun

intermural (plural intermurals)

  1. A (usually sport) competition between teams from separate organizations.
    • The fellows worked hard in the Intermurals under Joe Jackson's leadership, but the loss of some good men at the wrong time hurt. The Club ended the year in third place.1944, The Utah Juniper, page 8
  2. A competition between teams from within the same organization.
    • Theoretically each team is supposed to fight as hard as possible for its side in the congressional intermurals .1967, Marjorie Ewing Aghassi, Little Legislatures, page 375
  3. An intermural yard; a walled garden.
    • The back wall of the workshop was taken up by a glass door, and behind it lay a small stone-paved garden, one of the tiny and fortuitous intermurals whose charm is London's secret.1993, Janina Kościałkowska, Beech Boat, page 41

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Questions about intermurals

What is intermurals the plural of?
Intermurals is the plural of intermural.

Words near intermurals in the dictionary

  1. intermundium
  2. intermunicipal
  3. intermunicipalities
  4. intermunicipality
  5. intermural
  6. intermurals
  7. intermure
  8. intermured
  9. intermures
  10. intermuring
  11. intermuscle

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