coins
Meaning of coins
- a flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.
she opened her purse and took out a coin
gold and silver coins
- make (coins) by stamping metal.
guineas and half-guineas were coined
- invent (a new word or phrase).
he coined the term ‘desktop publishing’
Middle English: from Old French coin ‘wedge, corner, die’, coigner ‘to mint’, from Latin cuneus ‘wedge’. The original sense was ‘cornerstone’, later ‘angle or wedge’ (senses now spelled quoin); in late Middle English the term denoted a die for stamping money, or a piece of money produced by such a die.
Information about coins
- The singular form of coins is: coin.
- Languages in which coins is used:
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Hyphenation of coins
coins
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- coins is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
coins synonyms
Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:
Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:
Meaning coins collectively:
Meaning a precious shiny greyish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47:
Meaning a red-brown metal, the chemical element of atomic number 29:
Meaning a yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, used especially in jewellery and decoration and to guarantee the value of currencies:
Meaning money in the form of coins rather than notes:
Meaning an aromatic plant native to temperate regions of the Old World, several kinds of which are used as culinary herbs:
Meaning bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or on something on the ground:
Meaning hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement:
Meaning cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface:
Meaning strike with the fist:
Meaning (of a person, animal, or plant) stop living:
Meaning form (an object) out of malleable material:
Meaning make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it:
Meaning form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create:
Meaning invent (evidence or a story):
Meaning make or manufacture from components or raw materials:
Meaning create or design (something that has not existed before); be the originator of:
Meaning bring (something) into existence:
Meaning plan or invent (a complex procedure, system, or mechanism) by careful thought:
Meaning form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind:
Meaning create or initiate (something):
Meaning create or prepare methodically:
Meaning invent (something) in order to deceive:
Anagrams of coins
cions, cosin, icons, oscin, scion, sonic
Words that rhyme with coins
Assiniboins, miscoins, recoins, foins, sainfoins, saintfoins, sagoins, Khoikhoins, adjoins, cojoins, conjoins, disjoins, enjoins, interjoins, joins, misjoins, rejoins, subjoins, surrejoins, Tenderloins, acyloins, aloins, eloins, esloins, loins, purloins, sirloins, surloins, tenderloins, ganoins, glonoins, isotretinoins, tretinoins, talapoins, fibroins, groins, heroins, ligroins, proins, roins, besoins, essoins, Hydantoins, allantoins, diphenylhydantoins, phenytoins, thiohydantoins, quoins, benzoins