cubit
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 5
/ˈkjuː.bɪt/(UK)
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/ˈkjuː.bɪt/(UK) · /ˈkju.bɪt/(US)
Definition of cubit
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
“Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?”
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noun
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The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
“Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?”
- (historical)Any of various units of length approximating this distance, usually around 35–60 cm.
- (archaic)Synonym of ulna, the bone of the human forearm.
name
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English cubite, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cubitus, covado, and codo.
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