thirds
/θɜɹdz/noun, verb
thirds is a noun meaning “A third helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-H-I-R-D-S and has one syllable, and it appears 8.1 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does thirds mean?
noun
- 1
A third helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink.
- 2
The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow was entitled to enjoy during her life.
- 3
plural of third
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of third
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce thirds?
- UK /θɜːdz/
- US /θɜɹdz/
Thirds has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-thirds.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is thirds?
Thirds appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).