Associations to the word «Twin»

Wiktionary

TWIN, noun. 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, noun. Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
TWIN, noun. A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
TWIN, noun. (US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
TWIN, noun. A twin crystal.
TWIN, noun. (modifier) Forming a pair of twins.
TWIN, noun. (modifier) Forming a matched pair.
TWIN, verb. (transitive) (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
TWIN, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
TWIN, verb. (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
TWIN, verb. (intransitive) To give birth to twins.
TWIN, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To be born at the same birth.
TWIN, noun. (baseball) A player that plays for the Minnesota Twins.
TWIN BED, noun. Either of a pair of matching single beds.
TWIN BEDS, noun. Plural of twin bed
TWIN CITIES, proper noun. The metropolitan area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
TWIN CITIZEN, noun. An inhabitant of the Twin Cities.
TWIN CITIZENS, noun. Plural of Twin Citizen
TWIN CRYSTAL, noun. Either of two separate crystals that share crystal lattice points in a symmetrical manner and intergrow
TWIN FALLS, proper noun. A waterfall in Australia
TWIN FALLS, proper noun. A waterfall in British Columbia, Canada
TWIN FALLS, proper noun. A waterfall in Hawaii
TWIN FALLS, proper noun. A city and waterfall in Idaho
TWIN FALLS, proper noun. A waterfall in Montana
TWIN FALLS, proper noun. A waterfall in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
TWIN FALLS, proper noun. A waterfall in South Carolina
TWIN FALLS, proper noun. A waterfall in the state of Washington
TWIN KILLING, noun. (baseball) (slang) A double play.
TWIN KILLINGS, noun. Plural of twin killing
TWIN PARADOX, noun. (relativity) The clock paradox.
TWIN PEAKSIER, adjective. Comparative form of Twin Peaksy: more Twin Peaksy
TWIN PEAKSIEST, adjective. Superlative form of Twin Peaksy: most Twin Peaksy
TWIN PEAKSY, adjective. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of the drama television series Twin Peaks.
TWIN PRIME, noun. (mathematics) Either of a pair of prime numbers that differ by two; example \(5\) and \(7\) as well as \(191\) and \(193\)
TWIN PRIMES, noun. Plural of twin prime
TWIN QUASAR, noun. (galaxy) a pair of quasar images formed by gravitational lensing of a single physical quasar
TWIN QUASARS, noun. Plural of twin quasar
TWIN ROOM, noun. A room, especially in a hotel, that has two single beds.
TWIN ROOMS, noun. Plural of twin room
TWIN TOWERS, proper noun. The two main buildings of the World Trade Center, destroyed in terrorist attacks on 9/11, 2001.
TWIN TOWN, noun. A town paired with another through town twinning.
TWIN TUB, noun. A (mainly obsolete) type of washing machine comprising a vertical washing cylinder alongside a vertical rinsing and spinning cylinder, the clothes having to be manually transferred from one to the other during the wash cycle.

Dictionary definition

TWIN, noun. Either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy.
TWIN, noun. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini.
TWIN, noun. A waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho.
TWIN, noun. A duplicate copy.
TWIN, verb. Duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse".
TWIN, verb. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project".
TWIN, verb. Grow as twins; "twin crystals".
TWIN, verb. Give birth to twins.
TWIN, adjective. Being two identical.

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