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neighbourships

neighbourships is the plural of neighbourship.

Meaning of neighbourship

Noun

neighbourship (plural neighbourships)

  1. The state or condition of being neighbours; a connection or relationship between people or things which is based simply on living close geographically.
    • He called to his mind and said: "Surely the Ant had in former days his dwelling underneath this tree, and was busy in hoarding a store of provision: now I will lay my wants before her, and, in the name of good neighbourship, and with an appeal to her generosity, beg some small relief.1890, W. A. Clouston, Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers
  2. A relationship between people and / or things which is based simply on being of a similar class.
    • Their conveyance is no handsome carriage, but a rickety dog-cart, unmistakably betraying its neighbourship to the carts and ploughs of some rural farmyard.1912, May Sinclair, The Three Bront

Questions about neighbourships

What is neighbourships the plural of?
Neighbourships is the plural of neighbourship.

Words near neighbourships in the dictionary

  1. neighbourliness
  2. neighbourly
  3. Neighbourne
  4. neighbours
  5. neighbourship
  6. neighbourships
  7. neighed
  8. neigher
  9. neighers
  10. neighing
  11. neighings

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