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The correct spelling is fines.
How to pronounce fines
noun
IPA: /faɪnz/
Say it like: Fin-es
The correct spelling is fines. Fine champagne; French brandy. For example: "They filtered silt and fines out of the soil."
Usage Examples
“They filtered silt and fines out of the soil.”
“to fine gold”
“to fine the soil”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Fine champagne; French brandy.
- 2.(usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.
- 3.A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
- 4.The end of a musical composition.
- 5.The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
verb
- 1.To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
- 2.To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
- 3.To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
- 4.To change by fine gradations.
- 5.To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
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