eighteen adj 1: being one more than seventeen [syn: {eighteen}, {18}, {xviii}] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one [syn: {eighteen}, {18}, {XVIII}]
Eighteen \Eight"een`\ ([=a]"t[=e]n`), a. [AS. eahtat[=y]ne, eahtat[=e]ne. See {Eight}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Eighty}.] Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds. [1913 Webster]
Eighteen \Eight"een`\, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects. [1913 Webster] 2. A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii. [1913 Webster]