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yearsworth

yearsworth noun: the amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one year.

Noun

yearsworth (uncountable)

  1. The amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one year.
    • We've given a million pounds to these waterworks and we shan't live to use more than (say) fifteen yearsworth of them.1967, Water and Water Engineering
    • So she writes ten yearsworth of practice-fiction without making noteworthy progress except in language-mechanics and the range of her vocabulary, meanwhile accumulating mileage on her experiential odometer1994, Bradford Morrow, Conjunctions, Random House Inc, →ISBN

Origin of yearsworth

From year + -s- + -worth.

Questions about yearsworth

What does yearsworth mean?
Yearsworth means the amount of something that is expected to last for or be produced in one year.
What part of speech is yearsworth?
Yearsworth is a noun.

Words near yearsworth in the dictionary

  1. Yearsley
  2. Yearsleys
  3. yearslong
  4. yearsman
  5. yearsmen
  6. yearsworth
  7. yeartext
  8. yeartexts
  9. yearth
  10. yearthousand
  11. yearthousands

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