spades

• enPR: spādz, (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /speɪdz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪdz

spades

1. plural of spade

spades pl (plural only)

1. (card games) One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠.
2. (card games) A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps.
   • 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 57:

     Griff and his cronies played spades at the back of the classroom.

• spade

• ♠, ♤

Suits in English · suits (see also: cards, playing cards) (layout · text)
hearts	diamonds	spades	clubs

spades

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spade

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spades

1. plural of spade

spades

1. indefinite genitive singular of spade