eighth

About 10.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective The ordinal form of the number eight.
2. noun The person or thing in the eighth position.
3. noun One of eight equal parts of a whole.

   Two bits equals two eighths of a dollar.

4. noun An eighth of an ounce, or approximately 3.5 grams, of marijuana or other drugs.
5. noun An interval by doubling in pitch frequency.
6. verb To divide by eight.

Similar words

one-eighth ordinal ninth eight seventh eighthly eighteenth tenth twenty-eighth

Often followed by

century of grade and day army year amendment edition

Word family

8th eighths