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Uncommonblinds
The correct spelling is blinds.
How to pronounce blinds
noun
IPA: /blaɪndz/
Say it like: Bli-nds
The correct spelling is blinds. A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass. For example: "a duck blind"
Usage Examples
“a duck blind”
“The blinds are $10/$20 and the ante is $1.”
“The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
- 2.A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
- 3.Any device intended to conceal or hide.
- 4.Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
- 5.A blindage.
verb
- 1.To make temporarily or permanently blind.
- 2.To curse.
- 3.To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
- 4.To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
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