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thoroughpasses

thoroughpasses is the plural of thoroughpass.

Meaning of thoroughpass

Noun

thoroughpass (plural thoroughpasses)

  1. (rare) A connected passage; conduit or channel.
    • Kharagpur serves a as thoroughpass for raw materials as well as for products passing through different parts of the country as it is an important transport node.1989, Applied Geography: Prof. S.P. Chatterjee Commemorative Volume
  2. (rare) A way through; thoroughfare.
    • […] the Bridge of Athlone over the River Shannon, the greatest thoroughpass in Ireland, has been long in a most narrow, dangerous and dilapidated state, […]1826, Journals of the House of Commons, volume 82, page 390

Questions about thoroughpasses

What is thoroughpasses the plural of?
Thoroughpasses is the plural of thoroughpass.

Words near thoroughpasses in the dictionary

  1. thoroughly
  2. thoroughness
  3. thoroughnesses
  4. thoroughpaced
  5. thoroughpass
  6. thoroughpasses
  7. thoroughpin
  8. thoroughpins
  9. thoroughs
  10. thoroughsped
  11. thoroughstitch

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