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javelins

javelins is the plural of javelin.

Meaning of javelin

Noun

javelin (plural javelins)

  1. A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
    • And when Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the Priest saw it, hee rose vp from amongst the Congregation, and tooke a iauelin in his hand. And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them thorow, the man of Israel, and the woman, thorow her belly: So the...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 25:7–8
  2. A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.
    • I managed to medal in the javelin throw.
  3. A javelinfish (Coelorinchus australis).

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Questions about javelins

What is javelins the plural of?
Javelins is the plural of javelin.

Words near javelins in the dictionary

  1. javelinist
  2. javelinists
  3. javelinman
  4. javelinned
  5. javelinning
  6. javelins
  7. Javelle water
  8. javellization
  9. javels
  10. Javert
  11. Javertian

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