SIXTY-FOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sixty-four mean? 

• SIXTY-FOUR (adjective)
  The adjective SIXTY-FOUR has 1 sense:

1. being four more than sixty

  Familiarity information: SIXTY-FOUR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIXTY-FOUR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being four more than sixty

Synonyms:

64; lxiv; sixty-four

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

It was sixty-four feet.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If a rod of six feet threw a shadow of nine, a tree of sixty-four feet would throw one of ninety-six, and the line of the one would of course be the line of the other.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)