ten /ten/

1. The cardinal number next above nine
2. A symbol representing that number (10, x, etc)
3. A set of ten things or people
4. A score of ten points, strokes, tricks, etc
5. An article of a size denoted by 10
6. A playing card with ten pips
7. Used indefinitely, a large number
8. The tenth hour after midnight or midday
9. The age of ten years

1. Of the number ten
2. Ten years old

tenˈfold adjective and adverb

1. In ten divisions
2. Ten times as much

tennˈer noun (informal)

1. A ten-pound note
2. A ten-dollar bill
3. Ten years

tenth adjective

1. The last of ten
2. Next after the ninth
3. Equal to one of ten equal parts

1. A tenth part
2. A tenth part of the annual profit of a church living
3. A person or thing in tenth position
4. An octave and a third (music)
5. A note at that interval (music)

1. In tenth position
2. As the tenth point, etc

tenthˈly adverb

Ten Commandments see under command

tenˈ-foot adjective

Measuring ten feet

ten-gallon hat noun (US)

A cowboy's broad-brimmed hat

ten-minute rule noun

A parliamentary procedure by which a member makes a short speech (lasting no more than ten minutes) requesting permission to introduce a bill

tenˈpence noun

An amount in money equal to ten pennies

tenˈpenny adjective

Offered for, or sold at, tenpence

tenpenny nail noun

1. Formerly, a nail sold at tenpence a hundred
2. A large nail

tenˈpin noun

One of the target pins in tenpin bowling

tenpin bowling or tenˈpins noun

A game like skittles, in which the aim is to knock down ten target pins standing at the end of a long lane by rolling a heavy ball at them

ten-pointˈer noun

A stag with ten points or tines

tenˈ-pound adjective

Weighing, worth, sold or offered for, ten pounds

ten-poundˈer noun

1. Something weighing or worth ten pounds
2. Any of a family (Elopidae) of marine or freshwater bony fishes
3. A person who was a voter by virtue of occupying property worth ten pounds a year (historical)

tenˈ-score adjective

Two hundred

tenthˈ-rate adjective

Of very poor quality

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