forties
noun
- 1
The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.
- 2
The decade of one's life from age 40 through age 49.
“They're both in their forties.”
- 3
(temperature, rates) The range between 40 and 49.
“What to wear when the weather is in the forties really depends on whether you're talking fahrenheit or celsius.”
adjective
- 1
From or evoking the 41st through 50th years of a century (chiefly the 1940s).
“Two forties aircraft sat forgotten in the hangar until they were rediscovered by two trespassing teens.”
noun
- 1
A bottle of beer containing forty fluid ounces.
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