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sixth-rates

sixth-rates is the plural of sixth-rate.

Meaning of sixth-rate

Noun

sixth-rate (plural sixth-rates)

  1. (UK, historical) A sixth-rate warship.

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Questions about sixth-rates

What is sixth-rates the plural of?
Sixth-rates is the plural of sixth-rate.

Words near sixth-rates in the dictionary

  1. sixth-form college
  2. sixth-form colleges
  3. sixth-former
  4. sixth-formers
  5. sixth-rate
  6. sixth-rates
  7. sixth-sense
  8. sixth-sensed
  9. sixth-senses
  10. sixth-sensing
  11. sixthed

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