English Explanatory Dictionary

meanship

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Instrumentality.

Word forms

meanship

Etymology

From means + -ship. Plural forms assuming a singular form when used as the adjunct of a composed term is common; cf. ten-foot pole (not *ten-feet pole), pantleg (not *pantsleg), and stairwell (not *stairswell).

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