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spirelet

spirelet noun: a small or slender spire.

Noun

spirelet (plural spirelets)

  1. A small or slender spire.
    • West Quantoxhead, 1½ miles to the south-west, has some handsome houses and an imposing mansion, St Audries - now a girls' school - built in the Tudor style in the 19th century, at the same time as the pinkish-buff stone Church of St Ethelreda - also called St Audrey - which has an elegant tapering...1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 160

Forms of spirelet

pluralspirelets

Origin of spirelet

From spire + -let.

Questions about spirelet

What does spirelet mean?
Spirelet means a small or slender spire.
What part of speech is spirelet?
Spirelet is a noun.
What is the plural of spirelet?
The plural of spirelet is spirelets.

Words near spirelet in the dictionary

  1. spire
  2. spirea
  3. spireas
  4. spired
  5. spireless
  6. spirelet
  7. spirelets
  8. spirelike
  9. spirem
  10. spireme
  11. spiremes

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