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onfalls

onfalls is the plural of onfall.

Meaning of onfall

Noun

onfall (plural onfalls)

  1. A falling on or upon; an attack, onset, or assault.
    • Are we to have military onfall; and death also by starvation?1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)
  2. A fall of rain or snow.
  3. The fall of the evening.

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Questions about onfalls

What is onfalls the plural of?
Onfalls is the plural of onfall.

Words near onfalls in the dictionary

  1. ONF
  2. ONF.
  3. onfall
  4. onfallen
  5. onfalling
  6. onfalls
  7. onfell
  8. ONFI
  9. onfield
  10. onflow
  11. onflowing

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