twelve-inch

[ twelv-inch ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a phonograph record twelve inches in diameter, especially one with two or more remixes of the same song.

twelve-inch

a gramophone record 12 inches in diameter and played at 45 revolutions per minute, usually containing an extended remix of a single

Railroad battery 14, twelve-inch guns, about to fire on enemy tanks in Waterford.

Another of the twelve-inch shells fell somewhere ahead of the giants in the village.

Another of the twelve-inch shells struck, not ten yards behind the enemy.

I give ye an hour to deliver a full load of logs, average twelve-inch tops, at our skidways.

It measures over four feet across the top, grows from one stalk, and yet only occupies a twelve-inch pot.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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