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twin

 
 
pronunciation:
twIn
parts of speech:
noun, adjective
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part of speech: noun
definition: Twins are two children born at almost the same time and of the same mother. Sometimes one twin is a girl and the other twin is a boy. Sometimes twins look exactly alike. When this happens, the twins are either both girls or both boys.
Even though they don't look alike, Cassie and Alexa are twins.Everybody can tell that the two babies are twins because they look just the same, but their mom dresses them very differently.
 
 
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: Twin children are children who were born at almost the same time to the same mother.
Mrs. Amos has twin boys, and they look very much alike.Sam has a twin sister and an older brother.
 
definition 2: When something is twin, it is one of two things that are alike or very similar to one another.
My mom bought a pair of twin lamps for the living room.
synonyms:
identical
similar words:
matched, matching
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