Associations to the word «Tens»

Wiktionary

TEN, noun. (uncountable) The number following nine.
TEN, noun. (countable) (Cards) The card between the nine and jack in a given suit.
TEN, noun. (countable) A monetary denomination worth ten units.
TEN, noun. (countable) (US) (slang) A superb specimen.
TEN, noun. (countable) (slang) A beautiful or sexy person; a person whom one gives the highest possible rating on a 1-to-10 scale of attractiveness.
TEN A PENNY, adjective. (idiomatic) (UK) So common as to be practically worthless.
TEN COMMANDMENTS, proper noun. A particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai inscribed on two stone tablets.
TEN FOOT POLE, noun. (idiomatic) See not touch something with a ten foot pole.
TEN FOOT POLES, noun. Plural of ten foot pole
TEN O'CLOCK, noun. The start of the eleventh hour of the day in both the 12-hour and the 24-hour clock; 10:00.
TEN PAST, noun. Ten minutes past any hour
TEN PENNY NAIL, noun. Alternative form of tenpenny nail
TEN POUND POM, noun. Alternative form of ten pound tourist, specifically referring to a British immigrant.
TEN POUND POM, noun. (Australia) (UK) An assisted immigrant to Australia from Britain, from the years following World War II.
TEN POUND POMS, noun. Plural of ten pound pom
TEN POUND POMS, noun. Plural of ten pound Pom
TEN POUND TOURIST, noun. (Australia) (UK) An assisted immigrant to Australia from Britain, from the years following World War II.
TEN POUND TOURISTS, noun. Plural of ten pound tourist
TEN SACK, noun. A bag containing ten dollars' worth of a drug, especially marijuana.
TEN TO, noun. Ten minutes before the next hour
TEN TO THE DOZEN, adverb. Alternative form of nineteen to the dozen

Dictionary definition

TEN, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system.
TEN, noun. One of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face.
TEN, adjective. Being one more than nine.

Wise words

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