eight

noun

The digit/figure 8.

(playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.

Eight o'clock.

(rowing) The eight people who crew a rowing-boat.

(nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which eight rowers each have two oars.

(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate.

Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river) [An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.]

adjective

Obsolete spelling of eighth. [The ordinal form of the number eight.]

Synonyms for eight

ogdoadn octonaryn octadn ninen fiven elevenn octastyle octetn

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