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reretreat

reretreat noun: a second retreat.

Noun

reretreat (plural reretreats)

  1. a second retreat.
    • However, the ice sheet did not pass away by continuous and steady recession but by oscillations, readvances and reretreats; and some of the readvances may have covered considerable territory and have seriously changed the drainage.1913, New York State Museum, Annual Report, page 145
    • The ice margin had many oscillations, readvances and reretreats, each probably covering many thousands of years.1920, Science, page 285

Forms of reretreat

pluralreretreats

Origin of reretreat

From re- + retreat.

Questions about reretreat

What does reretreat mean?
Reretreat means a second retreat.
What part of speech is reretreat?
Reretreat is a noun.
What is the plural of reretreat?
The plural of reretreat is reretreats.

Words near reretreat in the dictionary

  1. rerestore
  2. rerestored
  3. rerestores
  4. rerestoring
  5. reresupper
  6. reretreat
  7. reretreats
  8. rereturn
  9. rereturns
  10. rereview
  11. rereviewed

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