twin
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
Noun 4 meanings
Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
“twin girls, twin daughters, twin sisters, twin boys, twin sons, twin brothers, twin babies, twin children”
Either of two similar or closely related objects, plans, institutions, people, etc.
“Your idea is the twin of mine.”
Contains or comprises a pair
Refers to a specific size
Verb 4 meanings
To separate, divide.
To split, part; to go away, depart.
To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with.
“Reading, the English town, is twinned with Clonmel in Ireland.”
To give birth to twins.
Adjective 2 meanings
Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair.
“twin beds, twin socks”
Forming a pair of twins.
“the twin boys”
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinaz (“double/two each, twin”), Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twīhnaz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”).
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TWIN at a glance
TWIN has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (T 1 + W 4 + I 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,976 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with twin
All rhymes- SEWIN8
- RAWIN8
- REWIN8
- OUTWIN9
- LAWIN8
- BEDAWIN13
- POWIN10
One letter away
- THIN7
- TWIG8
- TWIT7
- TAIN4
- TRIN4
- TEIN4
- TYIN7
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