Associations to the word «Sixteen»

Wiktionary

SIXTEEN PENNY NAIL, noun. Alternative form of sixteenpenny nail

Dictionary definition

SIXTEEN, noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one.
SIXTEEN, adjective. Being one more than fifteen.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats