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suppliances

suppliances is the plural of suppliance.

Meaning of suppliance

Noun (1)

suppliance (uncountable)

  1. supplication; entreaty
    • When Greece her knee in suppliance bent1827, Fitz-Greene Halleck, “Marco Bozzaris”, in Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems

Noun (2)

suppliance (plural suppliances)

  1. That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
    • he perfume and suppliance of a minutec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about suppliances

What is suppliances the plural of?
Suppliances is the plural of suppliance.

Words near suppliances in the dictionary

  1. suppli
  2. suppli al telefono
  3. suppliable
  4. supplial
  5. suppliance
  6. suppliances
  7. suppliancy
  8. suppliant
  9. suppliantly
  10. suppliants
  11. supplicancy

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