Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 5 compound words that contain threes. The most common are listed below. Open threes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- six and two threesTwo equivalent choices or situations.
- rule of threesAlternative form of rule of three: A 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.
- good things come in threesIf a fortunate event has already occurred twice, a third fortunate event is likely to occur.
- bad things come in threesIf one unfortunate event has already occurred, a second and third are likely to occur; if two, a third should be expected.
- seventy-threesBest wishes; regards.
- number threesplural of number three: The batsman who bats third.
- rising threesplural of rising three: A child who will turn three years old during the school term, and may therefore count as a three-year-old for the purposes of registering at a school.
- thirty-threesplural of thirty-three: The cardinal number after thirty-two and before thirty-four.
- less than threesthird-person singular simple present indicative of less than three
- meat and threesplural of meat and three: A meal, served in restaurants in the Southern United States, consisting of the diner's choice of one meat and three side dishes.
Compound words 5
- threespaceAlternative spelling of three-space: A vector space whose basis of real numbers has three vectors
- threespacesplural of threespace: A vector space whose basis of real numbers has three vectors
- threespineHaving three spines
- threescoresplural of threescore: Sixty (60).
- threesidesplural of threeside: Any object or shape consisting of three sides; triangle.