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trapezes

trapezes is the plural of trapeze.

Meaning of trapeze

Noun

trapeze (plural trapezes)

  1. (archaic) A trapezium.
  2. A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists.
  3. The trapezium bone.
    • […] the distance between the top of the flexor retinaculum and an imaginary line drawn between the trapeze and the hamate.2013, World Health Organization, Manual of Diagnostic Ultrasound, volume 2, page 463
  4. A certain yo-yo trick.
    • I begin a roller-coaster trick by throwing a trapeze, making the yo-yo loop around the finger of my left hand and then land back on the string.2011, Karen Krossing, The Yo-Yo Prophet, page 81

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Questions about trapezes

What is trapezes the plural of?
Trapezes is the plural of trapeze.

Words near trapezes in the dictionary

  1. trapeze dress
  2. trapeze dresses
  3. trapezectomy
  4. trapezed
  5. trapezelike
  6. trapezes
  7. trapezia
  8. trapezial
  9. trapezian
  10. trapeziectomy
  11. trapeziform

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