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Definition

plural noun. types of something that differ in quality or characteristics.

Example Sentence

Different strains of flowers bloom in the garden.

More Example Sentences

The farmer grows many strains of corn.

Synonyms

varieties; types; breeds

Antonyms

same; identical

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Rhymes

  • aynes
  • bain's
  • baines
  • bains
  • banes
  • baynes
  • brain's
  • brains
  • cain's
  • caines
  • canes
  • chain's
  • chains
  • chains'
  • crain's
  • crane's
  • cranes
  • daines
  • dains
  • dane's
  • danes
  • deigns
  • drains
  • fein's
  • gaines
  • gains
  • ganes
  • grains
  • haines
  • hains
  • hanes
  • haynes
  • jane's
  • janes
  • jaynes
  • kainz
  • kane's
  • keynes
  • lane's
  • lanes
  • llanes
  • maine's
  • maines
  • mains
  • mainz
  • manes
  • maynes
  • pains
  • panes
  • plaines
  • plains
  • plane's
  • planes
  • planes'
  • raines
  • rains
  • ranes
  • raynes
  • reigns
  • reines
  • reins
  • sainz
  • skains
  • spain's
  • sprains
  • staines
  • stains
  • strains
  • swains
  • train's
  • trains
  • twain's
  • vanes
  • veins
  • wanes
  • wayne's
  • yanes

  • attains
  • bahrain's
  • cabranes
  • campaign's
  • campaigns
  • champagnes
  • complains
  • constrains
  • contains
  • disdains
  • domains
  • duquesne's
  • elaine's
  • explains
  • germain's
  • hussein's
  • maintains
  • mccain's
  • mclean's
  • mcmains
  • obtains
  • pertains
  • refrains
  • regains
  • remains
  • restrains
  • retains
  • sustains
  • terrains
  • ukraine's

  • entertains
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