/fawr"tee ayt"/ , n.
1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
2. a symbol for this number, as 48 or XLVIII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. the forty-eight , the 48 contiguous states of the U.S.
adj.
5. amounting to 48 in number.
/fawr"tee ayt"/ , n.
1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
2. a symbol for this number, as 48 or XLVIII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.
4. the forty-eight , the 48 contiguous states of the U.S.
adj.
5. amounting to 48 in number.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012