Twin

Quick meaning: Twin is a noun meaning Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.

Meaning

Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.

More Meanings

1. A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
2. (aviation) A two-engine aircraft.
3. (crystallography) A twin crystal.
4. (US) A twin size mattress; or a bed designed for such a mattress.
5. (African-American Vernacular, slang) A friendly term of address, typically for men.
6. (transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

Still we moved / Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye.

Reading, the English town, is twinned with Clonmel in Ireland.

The invert child and her innocent child are together lost children, twinning each other despite their distinctions.

Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war.

Word Forms

• twins
• twinning
• twinned

Synonyms for twin

Depending on context, synonyms include twofold, twindle, doublet, mate, parallel, similar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pair, parallel, counterpart, duplicate, couple, matching.

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