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rhines

rhines is the plural of rhine.

Meaning of rhine

Noun

rhine (plural rhines)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A watercourse; a ditch for water.
    • the Black Ditch and the Langmoor Rhine1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC
  2. A running waterway that links a ditch or stream to a river.

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Questions about rhines

What is rhines the plural of?
Rhines is the plural of rhine.

Words near rhines in the dictionary

  1. rhinencephala
  2. rhinencephalic
  3. rhinencephalon
  4. rhinencephalous
  5. rhinencephaly
  6. rhines
  7. Rhinesmith
  8. Rhinesmiths
  9. rhinestone
  10. rhinestone cowboy
  11. rhinestone cowboys

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