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skeps

skeps is the plural of skep.

skeps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of skep.

Meaning of skep

Noun

skep (plural skeps)

  1. A basket.
    • Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 115
  2. A beehive made of straw or wicker.
    • Three of the hives had been overturned and the others had been rocked to and fro. The modern hive is a fearful thing to upset; the combs are not static as in a skep, but hang loosely: when the hive is overturned they smash and pile up like a telescoped train.1958, John Crompton, A Hive of Bees
    Synonyms:
    skip

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Questions about skeps

What is skeps the plural of?
Skeps is the plural of skep.

Words near skeps in the dictionary

  1. skepping
  2. skeppist
  3. skeppists
  4. skeppund
  5. skeppunds
  6. skeps
  7. skepsful
  8. skepsis
  9. skeptic
  10. skeptical
  11. skepticality

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