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reretreats

reretreats is the plural of reretreat.

Meaning of reretreat

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

Questions about reretreats

What is reretreats the plural of?
Reretreats is the plural of reretreat.

Words near reretreats in the dictionary

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

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