noun, num ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance. Early, Modern, obsolete
2. 2
   The digit 4 in the NATO phonetic alphabet. uncountable

Numeral

1. 1
   four Geordie

Synonyms

All synonyms

44four spotfour-spotfoursomefoursquare

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English fowere, foware, fowar; equivalent to fow + -er.

Etymology 2

From Middle English four, fower, from Old English fēower.

Related phrases

nato phonetic alphabet

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