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monteiths

monteiths is the plural of monteith.

Meaning of monteith

Noun

monteith (plural monteiths)

  1. A large 18th-century punchbowl, usually of silver, fluted and scalloped.
    • In the taper-lit, perhaps pre-sixteeth-century room—a piece of Laughing and Triumphing needlework in the style of Rubens completely hid the walls—the capacious oval of the dinner-table, crowned by a monteith bowl filled with slipper-orchids, showed agreeably enough.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, London: Grant Richards, page 46
  2. (obsolete) A cotton handkerchief with white spots on a coloured background.

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Proper noun capitalized: Monteiths

Monteiths

  1. (plural) plural of Monteith

Questions about monteiths

What is monteiths the plural of?
Monteiths is the plural of monteith.
What part of speech is monteiths?
Monteiths is a proper noun.

Words near monteiths in the dictionary

  1. Montehermosan
  2. Monteigne
  3. Monteiro
  4. Monteiros
  5. monteith
  6. monteiths
  7. Montejano
  8. Montejanos
  9. Montejo
  10. Montejos
  11. Montela

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