Afore

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. Southern & Midland U.S. Before.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. Before.
  • ad. In the fore part of a ship.
  • preposition. before
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. Before.
  • ad. In the fore part of a vessel.
  • preposition. Before (in all its senses).
  • preposition. Before; in front of; farther forward than.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Before in place; in front: especially in nautical phraseology.
  • Before in time; previously.
  • Before in time.
  • Before in place; nautical, further forward or nearer the bows than: as, afore the windlass.
  • Before in position, station, or rank.
  • In or into the presence of; under the regard or notice of.
  • Before that; before; rather than.
  • Word Usage
    ""I asked you if she wan't a Cahoon; Cahoon was her name afore she married Hall, wan't it?""
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