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twelve-inch

[ twelv-inch ]

noun

  1. a phonograph record twelve inches in diameter, especially one with two or more remixes of the same song.


twelve-inch

noun

  1. a gramophone record 12 inches in diameter and played at 45 revolutions per minute, usually containing an extended remix of a single
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Twelve-inch pizzas $19.50, 14-inch $27.50, 18-inch $36.50.

The sounds of Papá’s coughing, the rattle of his aspirin bottle, and the rolling of Mamá’s twelve-inch lead pipe as she pressed dough to make tortillas were absent.

Twelve-inch suppliers are not that scarce, but the challenge is when you shift a chipset from being manufactured by eight-inch to 12-inch, you have to go through a lot of qualification processes, almost reverifying that product again.

Abby was in the backyard, crawling, pushing a twelve-inch ruler end over end ahead of her.

"What's wrong with the telly, for heaven's sake? We've got a lovely telly with a twelve-inch screen and now you come asking for a book! You're getting spoiled, my girl!"

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