Dictionary Check: double
"double" is a valid word!
Scrabble
9
points
Words with Friends
12
points
Definition
adjective
having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
Example:
"a double (or dual) role for an actor"
adjective
consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
Example:
"an egg with a double yolk"
adjective
twice as great or many
Example:
"ate a double portion"
adjective
used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
Example:
"double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical"
adjective
used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
adjective
large enough for two
Example:
"a double bed"
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