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twelfths

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SayTWELFTHS/twɛlfθs/

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of twelfth.

    The recipe lists its ingredients in twelfths of a cup, which made measuring tricky.

    Two twelfths reduce to one sixth when you simplify the fraction.

    Note

    Only the noun senses take this plural: the fraction (five twelfths of the total) and the musical interval of an octave plus a fifth, as in a melody that leaps in twelfths. The ordinal adjective never adds -s. You say the twelfth floor, never the twelfths floor. The holiday name, the Twelfth, stays singular as well. Twelve twelfths make one whole.

twelfths is a form of twelfth

twelfth, noun: One part out of twelve equal parts into which a whole has been divided. Full entry

Forms
twelfthtwelfths plural
Spelling
twelfth → twelfths: add -s

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