three
UK /θɹɪj/US /θɹiː/
noun6
number2
forms
threes
Phrases with three
- three-dimensionalExisting in three dimensions.
- three-starOf average or mediocre quality; said of items typically measured on a five-point scale.
- me threeUsed to express agreement, after someone has already said "me too". Can be continued as "me four", "me five", and so on.
- three-dimensionalityThe state or characteristic of occupying, or of appearing to occupy, three dimensions of space.
- three-dog nightA very cold night.
- three guys in a garageA small, agile group of startup innovators with a big idea, passion, and modest resources.
- three-martini lunchA leisurely, expensive midday meal associated with drinking, which is tax-deductible because business is discussed.
- Three MusketeersA group of three people who are very closely associated; a trio.
- three-on-the-treeOn an automobile (especially those produced from 1939 through the mid-1970s), a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is a column shifter (mounted on the steering column) (R-N-1-2-3).
- three-ring circusA large circus in which three separate performances, each within its own circular enclosure, are staged simultaneously before a single audience.
- three score and tenSeventy, being the number of years in a full lifetime of traditionally-expected duration.
- three sheets to the windUnsteady from drink.
- three skips of a louseThe worth of some trifling or insignificant matter; a whit or jot of value.
- three squaresThree square meals, understood as a complete, satisfying, and nourishing regimen of food taken over the course of a day.
- Three StoogesA group of three stupid people.