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tween

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) tween (preposition)
  2. 2) tween (noun)
  3. tween deck (noun)
  4. tween-deck (adjective)

1tween

prep \ˈtwēn\

Definition of TWEEN

: between
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Origin of TWEEN

Middle English twene, short for betwene
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with TWEEN

bean, clean, dean, Dean, Deane, dene, e'en, gene, glean, green, jean, keen, lean, lien, mean, mesne, mien, peen, preen, quean, queen, scene, screen, sheen, shin, sin, spean, spleen, teen, wean, ween, wheen, yean

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