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"
Synonyms:
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"
Antonyms:
adjective

used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis

Synonyms:
adjective

large enough for two

Example: "a double bed"

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