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phalanx

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈfælæŋks/Part of speech nounSorted aahlnpxStarts with PEnds with X0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any of the bones of the fingers or toes

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin phalanx or Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order; array”). Doublet of phalange, planch, plancha, planche, and plank.

Used in a sentence

  • Broad phalanx of cars across the bridge moving slowly through the streaming snow.
  • There, the Paisleyites were being held back by another phalanx of soldiers and policemen.
  • For a short time the two phalanges of men faced each other at a distance apart.

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