Word a Day
row
What does row mean?
row (noun): a line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theater, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce row?
/ɹoʊ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does row come from?
From Middle English rewe, rowe, rawe, from Old English rǣw, rāw, probably from Proto-Germanic *raiwō, *rīgǭ (“row, streak, line”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyk- (“to carve, scratch, etch”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “row” mean?
the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else
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a concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle
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the act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim
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a line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theater, vegetable plants in a garden, etc
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