Twin Definition

twĭn
twinned, twinning, twins
noun
twins
Either one of two offspring from the same pregnancy: twins are either identical (produced from the same ovum) or fraternal (produced from separate ova)
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Either one of two persons or things very much alike in appearance, shape, structure, etc.
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A compound crystal of two crystals or parts having a common face but in reversed positions with respect to each other.
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A twin-size bed.
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Twin bed.

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Synonyms:
adjective
Being one of a pair of such things; being a counterpart.
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Being either one of two offspring from the same pregnancy.
A twin sister.
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Consisting of or being two separate but similar or closely related things; forming a pair; double; paired.
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Being two offspring from the same pregnancy.
Twin girls.
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Of or relating to structures, such as flowers, that occur in pairs.
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verb
twinned, twinning, twins
To give birth to twins.
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To give birth to as twins.
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To be paired or coupled (with another)
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To be born at the same birth.
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To pair or couple.
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Synonyms:
prefix

Of or relating to twins or being a twin.

Wiktionary

Having or consisting of two, double, twofold.

A twin-engine plane.
This boat is twinhulled.
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Existing as a pair.

They require a twin-bed accommodation.
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idiom
the Twins
  • Gemini, the constellation and third sign of the zodiac
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Other Word Forms of Twin

Noun

Singular:
twin
Plural:
twins, twins

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Twin

  • the Twins

Origin of Twin

  • Middle English from Old English twinn twofold dwo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From twin.

    From Wiktionary

Twin Sentence Examples

  • In these as in other respects, however, it is a lesser twin of Walden.

  • Two miles north-east is the famous Silla de Caracas, whose twin summits, like a gigantic old-fashioned saddle (silla), rise to an elevation of 8622 ft.; and the Naiguete, still farther eastward, overlooks the valley from a height of 9186 ft.

  • These are a state prison at Deer Lodge, managed by contract; a reform school at Miles City, an industrial school at Butte, an orphans' home at Twin Bridges, the soldiers' home at Columbia Falls, a school for deaf and blind at Boulder, and an insane asylum at Warm Springs, managed by contract.

  • The public buildings are a large plain church with unfinished twin towers, the government palace, the legislative halls, a normal school and public hospital.

  • The Byzantine palace seems to have had twin angle-towers - geminas angulares turres - such as those of the Ca' Molin on the Riva degli Schiavoni, where Petrarch lived.

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