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spittals

spittals is the plural of spittal.

Meaning of spittal

Noun

spittal (plural spittals)

  1. lands the revenues of which supported a hospital or the site of a hospital
  2. a house or place of refuge for the sick, especially one for patients with contagious diseases
  3. a shelter built along roads in 16th and 17th century Scotland as a shelter from wolf attacks

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Questions about spittals

What is spittals the plural of?
Spittals is the plural of spittal.

Words near spittals in the dictionary

  1. spitstick
  2. spitsticks
  3. spittal
  4. Spittal an der Drau
  5. Spittal of Glenshee
  6. spittals
  7. spitted
  8. spitten
  9. spitter
  10. spitters
  11. spitters are quitters

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