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IV . double [ˈdʌbl] VB intr

V . double [ˈdʌbl] N

1. double (double quantity):

double

2. double (person):

double
double CINE, teat
sb's double

Phrases:

on [or at] the double inf
on [or at] the double inf

double up VB intr

2. double up (share room):

double up

double-barrelled [ˌdʌblˈbærəld, Am -ˈber-] ADJ

1. double-barrelled shotgun:

3. double-barrelled Brit surname:

double bass <-es> N

double-breasted [ˌdʌbl-ˈbrestɪd] ADJ (of jacket)

II . double-cross <-es> N

double Dutch no pl N Brit inf (incomprehensible language)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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He graduated with a double major in microbiology and applied sciences.
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The battlemented three-storey west tower has a double-door, circular and round-headed windows and a belfry.
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They have ten tentacles and retractile tube like feet arranged in five double rows.
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The balance of the balance sheet reflects the conventions of double-entry bookkeeping, by which business transactions are recorded.
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In the autumn of 1956 he suffered a severe stroke which left him partially paralysed and with double vision.
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Its foot is elongated, with a double-edged anterior margin and two short, white, metapodial tentacles projecting from below the operculum.
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The parish tower is constructed of granite with double buttresses.
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It has a double-eaved roof with nine ridges, and two dragon-heads with wide-open jaws biting the ends of the main ridge.
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The outdoor cages will have a double net layer; one for safety reasons and the other, outer layer, for plants to grow on.
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And a fourth example shows the king with the double crown and impaling a hippopotamus.
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