twenty-three

American  

[twen-tee-three, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈθri, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 3.

2. a symbol for this number, as 23 or XXIII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 23 in number.

Example Sentences

Boomer Malone began counting walnuts: “...twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four...”

From Literature

Two minutes and twenty-three seconds later, we’re back in the office, out of breath, but with my workbook and Don McAndrews’s business card.

From Literature

Over the next four hours, fifty-five minutes, and twenty-three seconds, he orbited the world three times, at more than seventeen thousand miles per hour.

From Literature

There were twenty-three crew members aboard, a few on deck but most still asleep in their bunks.

From Literature

Counting the layover in Hong Kong, it took Mother twenty-three hours to fly from London to Sydney.

From Literature