- Three-score
- Three-score \Three"-score`\, a. Thrice twenty; sixty. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
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Three-score
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three|score — «THREE SKR, SKOHR», adjective. three times twenty; 60 … Useful english dictionary
three score — UK US number an old word meaning ‘sixty’ threescore years and ten (=70 years): He had lived for threescore years and ten. Thesaurus: cardinal numbershyponym … Useful english dictionary
three score — UK / US number an old word meaning sixty threescore years and ten (= 70 years): He had lived for threescore years and ten … English dictionary
three·score — /ˈθriːˈskoɚ/ adj old fashioned : ↑sixty threescore years [=60 years] … Useful english dictionary
three score and ten — Meaning The span of a life. Seventy years, as given in the Bible. Origin The Bible, Psalms 90:10. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow;… … Meaning and origin of phrases
score — [[t]skɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] ♦♦ scores, scoring, scored (In meaning 10, the plural form is score.) 1) VERB In a sport or game, if a player scores a goal or a point, they gain a goal or point. [V n] Against which country did Ian Wright score his first… … English dictionary
score — /skɔ / (say skaw) noun 1. the record of points made by the competitors in a game or match. 2. the aggregate of points made by a side or individual. 3. the scoring of a point or points. 4. Education the performance of an individual, or sometimes… …
score — score1 W2S3 [sko: US sko:r] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(in a game)¦ 2¦(in a test or experiment)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4 on that score 5 know the score 6 settle a score 7¦(mark)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1000 1100; : Old Norse; Origin: sk … Dictionary of contemporary English
Three-ball — (or 3 ball , colloquially) is a pocket billiards folk game played with three standard pool Cuegloss|Object ball|object balls and a Cuegloss|Cue ball|cue ball. The goal is to Cuegloss|Pocket|pocket the three object balls in as few shots as… … Wikipedia
Three-Point Shootout — Le Three point Shootout est un concours du National Basketball Association All Star Weekend qui a lieu le samedi avant le NBA All Star Game. Les concurrents tentent d inscrire le plus de points possibles en une minute. Il y a un cinq racks de… … Wikipédia en Français
