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wainscots

UK/ˈweɪnskɒts/

wainscots is the plural of wainscot.

wainscots is the third-person singular simple present indicative of wainscot.

Meaning of wainscot

Noun

wainscot (plural wainscots)

  1. An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
    • […] this fellow will but join you together as they join wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk panel, and like green timber, warp, warp.1598, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 3, scene 3
  2. Any of various noctuid moths.

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Questions about wainscots

What is wainscots the plural of?
Wainscots is the plural of wainscot.
How do you pronounce wainscots?
Wainscots is pronounced /ˈweɪnskɒts/ (UK).

Words near wainscots in the dictionary

  1. wainscot veneer
  2. wainscot veneers
  3. wainscoted
  4. wainscoting
  5. wainscotings
  6. wainscots
  7. Wainscott
  8. wainscotted
  9. wainscotting
  10. wainscottings
  11. Wainscotts

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