threes

Noun

three (plural threes)

1. The digit/figure 3.
   • In our example, 1210 has 1 zero, 2 ones, 1 two and 0 threes.2008 March 2, Tanya Khovanova, “Autobiographical Numbers”, in arXiv, page 1
2. Anything measuring three units, as length.
   • Put all the threes in a separate container.
3. A person who is three years old.
   • All the threes will go in Mrs. Smith's class, while I'll take the fours and fives.
4. The playing card featuring three pips.
5. Three o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
   • It was a weary time. A carriage clock had been placed on the discoloured wooden mantelpiece, and slowly its hands crept on from one to two and from two to three.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Three Investigators Come across a Dark Soul”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published...

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