alms

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[pl.] (old-fashioned) money, clothes and food that are given to poor people

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

almsEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary almsEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary almsEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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alluring allusion allusive alluvial -ally ally Alma Mater almanac almighty almond almoner

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