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welters

welters is the plural of welter.

Meaning of welter

Noun

welter (plural welters)

  1. A general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items.
    • He would, except for his guests, have fled outdoors and walked off the intoxication of food, but in the haze which filled the room they sat forever, talking, talking, while he agonized, “Darn fool to be eating all this—not ’nother mouthful,” and discovered that he was again tasting the sickly...1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter IX, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC
  2. A tossing or rolling about.

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Proper noun capitalized: Welters

Welters

  1. (plural) plural of Welter

Questions about welters

What is welters the plural of?
Welters is the plural of welter.
What part of speech is welters?
Welters is a proper noun.

Words near welters in the dictionary

  1. welter-weight
  2. welter-weights
  3. weltered
  4. weltering
  5. welterings
  6. welters
  7. welterweight
  8. welterweights
  9. Weltes
  10. welthe
  11. welting

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