inches

Meaning of inches

plural noun
  1. a unit of linear measure equal to one twelfth of a foot (2.54 cm).
    the toy train is four inches long
    eighteen inches of thread
  2. (as a unit of rainfall) a quantity that would cover a horizontal surface to a depth of one inch, equivalent to 253.7 cubic metres per hectare.
    more than four inches of rain is expected
verb, 3rd person present
  1. move along slowly and carefully.
    he inched away as I approached
    the stock market inched ahead today

late Old English ynce, from Latin uncia ‘twelfth part’, from unus ‘one’ (probably denoting a unit). Compare with ounce1.

plural noun
  1. a small island or a small area of high land.
    Inchkeith

Middle English: from Scottish Gaelic innis .

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Hyphenation of inches

inches

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • inches is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of inches

chines, chinse, niches, Schein

Words that rhyme with inches

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