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points¹

  • /pɔɪnts/

Rhymes with -ɔɪnts

noun

  1. plural plural of point

noun

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural only Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.

    Similar: switch

  2. plural, plural only Exaggerated speech or gestures used for emphasis during a performance. In my concentrated week at Stratford I found that, although as a theatregoer for decades I could not help marking what the old actors called 'points' now and again, […]

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of point

Points²

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: item, betoken, indicate, bespeak, period, show, stage, detail, direct, full stop, guide, charge, peak, level, full point, stop

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noun movable rails used to switch a train from one track to another

Españolchucho, suiche
Françaisaiguille
DeutschWeiche
Italianoscambio, deviatoio
Românămacaz
Русскийстре́лка strélka
العربيةمَفْصِل mafṣil, مِفْتَاح miftāḥ
עבריתמָסוֹט masót, מִפְלַג miflág

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@misc{points_2026,
  title = {points},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/points},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}