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six-spot

six-spot

6.3
A card, domino or die face that shows six spots
  • noun
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  • The die landed with the six-spot facing up, much to her delight.

Examples

  • Drawing a six-spot from the deck changed the course of the card game.

  • He picked up the six-spot and placed it next to the five in the domino game.

  • I rolled a six-spot on my last turn.

  • The six-spot on the die was the winning number!

  • He rolled a six-spot in the dice game, which helped him win.

  • The six-spot card won the trick during the card game.

  • When the six-spot came up on the die, everyone cheered.

Synonyms

six
vssix-spot
1.0

A card, domino, or die with six dots showing

has identical meaning but appears as a hyphenated compound form

How High

nine-spot
6.7
six-spot
6.3
five-spot
7.7
four-spot
1 8.1
three
36 1.0

Surface Forms

six-spot singular
six-spots plural

Morphology

six-spot = six + spot (transparent) = six + spot

The meaning is directly derived from the combination of 'six' and 'spot', indicating a mark or pip showing the number six.

Etymology

Six-spot comes from the simple parts six and spot, meaning the side that shows six little dots or 'spots' on a die, domino, or playing card. So a six-spot is just the card, domino, or die face with six marks facing up.