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phin

phin noun: a type of coffee filter.

Noun (1)

phin

  1. A type of coffee filter.

Noun (2)

phin

  1. A type of lute with a pear-shaped body, originating in Thailand and played mostly by ethnic Laotians in Thailand and Laos.

Origin of phin

Borrowed from Vietnamese phin (“a filter”). Doublet of filter.

Questions about phin

What does phin mean?
Phin means a type of coffee filter.
What part of speech is phin?
Phin is a noun.

Words near phin in the dictionary

  1. phimoses
  2. phimosiectomies
  3. phimosiectomy
  4. phimosis
  5. phimotic
  6. phin
  7. Phinabella
  8. phinary
  9. Phineas
  10. Phineas action
  11. Phineas actions

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