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spense

spense is the alternative form of spence.

Meaning of spence

Noun

spence (plural spences)

  1. (UK, dated, dialectal) A buttery or pantry.
    • 'I expect it was a dog which got into the spence and licked up the junket and ate the biscuits,' put in the old turf-cutter. 'I would lock and bar the spence-door, if I were you, the next time I put such nice things in there.'1906, Enys Tregarthen, North Cornwall Fairies and Legends, page 77

See all 6 meanings of spence

Forms of spense

pluralspenses

Words formed from spense

Questions about spense

What is spense the alternative form of?
Spense is the alternative form of spence.

Words near spense in the dictionary

  1. Spennithorne
  2. spenno
  3. spenny
  4. Spennymoor
  5. spenocyte
  6. spense
  7. Spenser
  8. Spenserian
  9. Spenserian sonnet
  10. Spenserian sonnets
  11. Spenserian stanza

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spense (page history and authors); spence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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