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Fours

The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

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noun
  1. 1

    The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

  2. 2

    Anything measuring four units, as length.

    "Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller."

  3. 3

    A person who is four years old.

    "I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground."

  4. 4

    An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead.

noun
  1. 1

    A pair of fours.

  2. 2

    The cells located on the third floor.

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quaternarynoun(geology) The Quaternary period or the system of deposits laid down during it.
quaternquaternate; composed of, or arranged in, sets of four.
quaternitynoun(countable) A group or set of four.
quaternionnoun(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.
tetradnounA group of four things.
cardinalnoun(Roman Catholicism) One of the officials appointed by the pope in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking only below the pope, equal to the patriarchs, constituting the special college which elects the pope.
ivnoun(medicine) Initialism of intravenous injection.
quartetnounA group of four people or things, particularly
quadrupletnounOne of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.
little joenoun(gambling, dice games) The point of four in the game of craps.
foursomenounA group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.
quatrenoun(archaic, dice games, card games, dominoes) A card, die, or domino with four spots or pips.
feetnoun(obsolete) Fact; performance; feat.
forcenounAbility to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
legsnoun(colloquial, oenology) Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.
classnoun(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
furnacenoun(US, Canada) A device that provides heat for a building.
kilnnounAn oven or furnace or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, calcining or drying anything; for example, firing ceramics, curing or preserving tobacco, or drying grain.
sideburnsnounFacial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.
ovennounA chamber used for baking or heating.

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