noun
- plural of eighth; fractions equal to one part of eight equal parts
- plural of eighth; musical intervals spanning eight scale degrees
Usage: music
Examples
- She divided the pizza into eighths so everyone could have a piece.
- Three eighths of the students passed the exam.
- The recipe calls for five eighths of a cup of flour.
- The carpenter measured the wood in eighths of an inch.
- The musician practiced playing perfect eighths on the piano.
- Add two eighths and three eighths to get five eighths.
- The stock price dropped by seven eighths of a point.