eighths

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of eighth.

   The carpenter marked the plank in eighths of an inch.

   She sliced the pie into eighths before dinner.

   Note

   The plural that serves every noun use of eighth. Most often it counts fractions, as in eighths of an inch or a pie cut into eighths. It also covers ranked positions and, in slang, eighth-ounce quantities of marijuana, where only context tells the reader which is meant. The same spelling also does duty as the verb meaning 'divides by eight'.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of eighth.

   Note

   A transitive verb in the present tense, so it always comes with an object: she eighths the lemon, the baker eighths each loaf. Its meaning is arithmetic as much as kitchen work, since it means to divide by eight. After into, as in cut into eighths, the word is the plural noun instead. After a singular subject and before an object, it is this verb.

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