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phantoms

phantoms is the plural of phantom.

Meaning of phantom

Noun

phantom (countable and uncountable, plural phantoms)

  1. A ghost or apparition.
  2. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
  3. A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
  4. (imaging) A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.

See all 8 meanings of phantom

Noun capitalized: Phantoms

Phantoms

  1. (plural) plural of Phantom

Questions about phantoms

What is phantoms the plural of?
Phantoms is the plural of phantom.
What part of speech is phantoms?
Phantoms is a noun.

Words near phantoms in the dictionary

  1. phantomizes
  2. phantomizing
  3. phantomlike
  4. phantomness
  5. phantomry
  6. phantoms
  7. phantomship
  8. phantomships
  9. phantomwise
  10. phantomy
  11. phantonym

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