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Twin

twɪn

Twin definitions
noun
twin twins
  1. one of two children or animals born at the same birth

    "experiments were carried out using sets of identical twins"

    identical twins non-identical twins fraternal twins
    • a person or thing that is exactly like another

      "there was a bruise on his cheek, a twin to the one on mine"

    • the constellation or sign of the zodiac Gemini
  2. something containing or consisting of two matching or corresponding parts
    • a twin-bedded room

      "the hotel has 54 rooms, of which 4 are twins"

    • a twin-engined aircraft
    • a twinned crystal
adjective
twin
  1. forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth

    "she gave birth to twin boys"

    • forming a matching, complementary, or closely connected pair

      "the twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration"

    • growing in pairs

      "twin seed leaves"

    • (of a bedroom) containing two single beds

      "we have twin and three-bedded rooms"

    • (of a crystal) twinned
verb
twins twinning twinned twin
  1. link (a town or district) with another in a different country or cause (two towns or districts) to be linked, for the purposes of friendship and cultural exchange

    "the Russian city of Kostroma is twinned with Durham"

    • link; combine

      "the company twinned its core business of brewing with that of distilling"