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wedding-ring

wedding-ring is the alternative form of wedding ring.

Meaning of wedding ring

Noun

wedding ring (plural wedding rings)

  1. Either of a pair or rings exchanged by spouses in a wedding ceremony, and afterwards worn by them, symbolizing continuous fidelity.
    • The surgeon leant over the body, and raised the left hand. "The old story," he said, shaking his head: "no wedding-ring, I see. Ah! good night!"1837 February, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Treats of the Place Where Oliver Twist Was Born, and of the Circumstances Attending His Birth”, in Oliver Twist; […], volume I, London: Richard...

Forms of wedding-ring

pluralwedding-rings

Questions about wedding-ring

What is wedding-ring the alternative form of?
Wedding-ring is the alternative form of wedding ring.

Words near wedding-ring in the dictionary

  1. wedding-cakes
  2. wedding-day
  3. wedding-days
  4. wedding-goer
  5. wedding-goers
  6. wedding-ring
  7. wedding-rings
  8. weddinged
  9. weddinger
  10. weddingers
  11. weddinggoer

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