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wolds

wolds is the plural of wold.

Meaning of wold

Noun

wold (plural wolds)

  1. (archaic, regional) An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
    • Saint Withold footed thrice the ’old;
      He met the nightmare, and her nine fold;c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (obsolete) A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland.

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Proper noun capitalized: Wolds

Wolds

  1. (plural) plural of Wold

Phrases with wolds

Questions about wolds

What is wolds the plural of?
Wolds is the plural of wold.
What part of speech is wolds?
Wolds is a proper noun.

Words near wolds in the dictionary

  1. Woldemariams
  2. wolder
  3. wolders
  4. woldest
  5. Woldingham
  6. wolds
  7. Woldt
  8. Woldts
  9. wole
  10. Woleai
  11. Woleaian

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