Associations to the word «Sixty»

Wiktionary

SIXTY CYCLE HUM, noun. The sound generated by the alternation of current in electronic devices.

Dictionary definition

SIXTY, noun. The cardinal number that is the product of ten and six.
SIXTY, adjective. Being ten more than fifty.

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