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The Meaning of third
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(a.) Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
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(a.) Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
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(n.) The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
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(n.) The sixtieth part of a second of time.
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(n.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
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(n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
Synonyms
one-third
,
tierce
,
third base
,
third gear
,
third base
,
3rd
,
tertiary
,
thirdly
Rhymes
absurd
,
alward
,
bird
,
bluebird
,
blurred
,
burd
,
burred
,
byrd
,
byword
,
catbird
,
catchword
,
chauffeured
,
concurred
,
conferred
,
cowherd
,
crossword
,
curd
,
deferred
,
deterred
,
ferd
,
firebird
,
foreword
,
furred
,
gerd
,
gird
,
gjerde
,
heard
,
herd
,
hummingbird
,
hurd
,
incurred
,
inferred
,
interred
,
jerde
,
keyword
,
kingbird
,
kurd
,
ladybird
,
leard
,
misheard
,
mockingbird
,
nerd
,
overheard
,
password
,
preferred
,
purred
,
recurred
,
redbird
,
referred
,
reword
,
shorebird
,
slurred
,
snowbird
,
songbird
,
spurred
,
sunbird
,
transfered
,
transferred
,
uncured
,
undeterred
,
unheard
,
watchword
,
word