ventile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered distribution into twenty parts, each containing one twentieth of the population.
  2. Any one of the twenty groups so divided.
name
  1. A waterproof and windproof cotton fabric.

Word forms

ventile ventiles

Etymology

From Italian venti (“twenty”), Late Latin vĭnti, from Latin vīgintī.

Synonyms

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