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threefoil

threefoil is the alternative form of trefoil.

Meaning of trefoil

Noun

trefoil (plural trefoils)

  1. Any of several plants of the pea family, having compound, trifoliate leaves; especially one of the genus Trifolium.
  2. A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.
    • "The pristine, unbroken condition of the vessel – sometimes called a trefoil jug – caused the entire dig to 'come to a halt,' Søvsø remarked."2015 June 16, David DeMar, “Ancient Pitcher Discovered in Historic Danish City”, in New Historian
    Synonyms:
    threefoil

Forms of threefoil

pluralthreefoils

Questions about threefoil

What is threefoil the alternative form of?
Threefoil is the alternative form of trefoil.

Words near threefoil in the dictionary

  1. threefer
  2. threefers
  3. threefin
  4. threefins
  5. Threefish
  6. threefoil
  7. threefoiled
  8. threefoils
  9. threefold
  10. threefold law
  11. threefold laws

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Adapted from Wiktionary: threefoil (page history and authors); trefoil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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