Results for twelfth

Definitions of twelfth:

part of speech: noun

One of twelve equal parts; the ordinal of twelve.

part of speech: adjective

Next in order after the eleventh.

part of speech: noun

The ordinal of twelve.

part of speech: noun

One part of twelve.

part of speech: adjective

The last of twelve.

Usage examples for twelfth:

• 12; moreover, it is placed nearer the feed rollers than the twelfth pair. "The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth", T. Woodhouse and P. Kilgour

• The captain's is a twelfth or at least this was Noll Wing's lay. "The Sea Bride", Ben Ames Williams

• " Once every year, master," said the chief, " on the twelfth moon, and a little after." "Sanders of the River", Edgar Wallace

• The fourth, twelfth and eighteenth holes all call for first- class seconds if the greens are to be reached. "The Complete Golfer [1905]", Harry Vardon