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tenfoot

tenfoot noun: a ten-foot-wide alleyway, typically located behind residential properties.

tenfoot: a ten-foot-wide alleyway, typically located behind residential properties
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Noun

tenfoot (plural tenfoots)

  1. (UK, Yorkshire, Hull) A ten-foot-wide alleyway, typically located behind residential properties.

Synonyms of tenfoot

Forms of tenfoot

pluraltenfoots

Origin of tenfoot

From ten + foot.

Questions about tenfoot

What does tenfoot mean?
Tenfoot means a ten-foot-wide alleyway, typically located behind residential properties.
What part of speech is tenfoot?
Tenfoot is a noun.
What is the plural of tenfoot?
The plural of tenfoot is tenfoots.

Words near tenfoot in the dictionary

  1. tenfold
  2. tenfolded
  3. tenfolding
  4. tenfoldness
  5. tenfolds
  6. tenfoot
  7. tenfoots
  8. Teng
  9. Teng County
  10. Teng-chou
  11. Teng-feng

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