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spruits

spruits is the plural of spruit.

Meaning of spruit

Noun

spruit (plural spruits)

  1. (South Africa) A small headstream; a stream flowing through a village, dry in summer.
    • Though there is such a poor prospect for public irrigation schemes, the country seems, on the whole, fairly well watered in years of normal rainfall, and there are many springs and "spruits," or rivulets, more or less permanent.1901 October 11, Colonel F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 489

Questions about spruits

What is spruits the plural of?
Spruits is the plural of spruit.

Words near spruits in the dictionary

  1. spruiks
  2. Spruill
  3. Spruills
  4. spruing
  5. spruit
  6. spruits
  7. sprummer
  8. sprung
  9. sprung back
  10. sprung for
  11. sprung into action

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