Phrase Hound found 530 phrases and 67 compound words that contain three. The most common are listed below. Open three in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 530
- three hundredThe cardinal number occurring after two hundred ninety-nine and before three hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 300.
- Three Years
- three-dimensionalExisting in three dimensions.
- three-quartersThree of four equal parts (3/4, ¾, 0.75).
- three thousandcardinal number between two thousand nine hundred and ninety nine and three thousand and one
- three days ago
- Three Months
- Three Times
- rule of threeA rule stating that, if two ratios are equal, then the denominator of the second equals its numerator times the reciprocal of the first ratio: if a/b=c/d then d=(bc)/a.
- Three Days
- three of a kindA hand including three cards of the same rank.
- Three Weeks
- three sistersThe combination of maize (corn), pole beans (Phaseolus vulgaris or climbing beans, string beans, etc.), and squash (i.e. pumpkin), especially when planted together in intertwined plantings.
- in three days
- Three Hours
- less than threeSynonym of <3
- the Three WeeksA period from the seventeenth of Tammuz to the Tisha B'Av
- three-phaseUsing three separate alternating currents of the same voltage at different phases.
- number threeThe batsman who bats third.
- three-wayRelating to three different directions.
- twenty-threeThe cardinal number immediately following twenty-two and preceding twenty-four; 23.
- Three Minutes
- Big ThreeThe World War II military alliance consisting of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
- Three More
- three-and-outThe situation where a team is forced to punt the football without having made any first downs.
Compound words 67
- thirtyThe cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.
- thirteenThe cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.
- threefoldThree times as great.
- threewayAlternative spelling of three-way (“sexual act involving three people”).
- threepennyHaving a value or cost of threepence.
- threepenceThe amount of money equal to that of three pence (old or new).
- throupleThree individuals engaged in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- thrainThree, as coordinate term to (and used in similar sentences to) twain.
- threenessThe state of being three; triunity; trinity.
- threevenDivisible by three.