dominoes
pronunciation
How to pronounce dominoes in British English:
UK ['dɒmɪnəʊz]
How to pronounce dominoes in American English:
US ['dɒmɪnoʊz]
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- Noun:
- any of several games played with small rectangular blocks
Word Origin
- dominoes (n.)
- the usual form when referring to the game played with dominoes, c. 1800; see domino.
Example
- 1. Yet the dominoes may not fall so fast .
- 2. They could be the next dominoes to fall .
- 3. But that does not mean that they are about to fall like dominoes .
- 4. Like dominoes workers in other factories including those in an electronic factory in shenzhen and a textile factory in hubei have followed suit and gone on strike .
- 5. That in turn led to another overload , eventually triggering a series of failures that toppled google 's data centres like falling dominoes .