ten n. & adj. --n. 1
one more than nine. 2 a
symbol for this (10, x, X). 3 a size etc. denoted by ten. 4
the time of ten o'clock (is it ten yet?). 5 a card
with ten pips. 6 a set of ten. --adj. 1
that amount to ten. 2 (as a
round number)
several (ten times as easy). øthe Ten Commandments see
COMMANDMENT. ten-gallon
hat a cowboy's
large broad-brimmed hat. ten-week
stock a
variety of stock, Matthiola incana,
said to bloom ten weeks
after the sowing of the
seed . [OE tien, ten f. Gmc]