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eightfold
adjective eight·fold \ˈāt-ˌfōld, -ˈfōld\
: eight times as great or as many
Full Definition of EIGHTFOLD
1
: having eight units or members
2
: being eight times as great or as many <an eightfold increase>
— eight·fold \-ˈfōld\ adverb
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First Known Use of EIGHTFOLD
before 12th century
Rhymes with EIGHTFOLD
acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blindfold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, enfold, fanfold, fivefold, fool's gold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, household, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, stronghold, take hold, tenfold, threefold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold
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