parts
UK/pɑːts//pɑːɹts/
parts is the plural of part.
parts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of part.
Noun
parts pl (plural only)
- Intellectual ability or learning.
- He was a man of great parts but little virtue.
- Vicinity, region.
- We intend being at Leamington before long, unless some change in the weather should make our stay in these parts more tolerable.1854, Lord Cockburn, Memoir of Thomas Thomson, Scotland Bannatyne Club, page 241
- The genitals, short for private parts.
Meaning of part
Noun
part (plural parts)
- A fraction of a whole.
- Gaul is divided into three parts.
- A distinct element of something larger.
- The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle.
- A group inside a larger group.
- Share, especially of a profit.
- I want my part of the bounty.
- A unit of relative proportion in a mixture.
- The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water.
- 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink.
Words formed from parts
Phrases with parts
- bit parts
- boy parts
- car parts
- parts off
- parts out
- auto parts
- body parts
- girl parts
- lady parts
- name parts
- parts ways
- parts with
37 more phrasesFewer phrases
- real parts
- privy parts
- spare parts
- man of parts
- men of parts
- moving parts
- sum of parts
- natural parts
- naughty parts
- parts company
- parts unknown
- private parts
- sums of parts
- working parts
- breeches parts
- intimate parts
- princess parts
- standing parts
- character parts
- imaginary parts
- jellybean parts
- nonmoving parts
- parts of speech
- principal parts
- parts brass rags
- Parts of Holland
- sum of its parts
- bad parts of town
- hearts, not parts
- man of many parts
- men of many parts
- parts and parcels
- parts interpreter
- parts interpreters
- sums of their parts
- integration by parts
- integrations by parts
Words that rhyme with parts
Questions about parts
- What does parts mean?
- Parts means intellectual ability or learning.
- What is parts the plural of?
- Parts is the plural of part.
- What part of speech is parts?
- Parts is a noun.
- How do you pronounce parts?
- Parts is pronounced /pɑːts/ (UK).
Words near parts in the dictionary
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