From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisheighteight /eɪt/ ●●● S2 W2 number, noun 1 HMNthe number 8 It’s only eight days till Christmas. They woke at eight (=eight o'clock). My parents died when I was eight (=eight years old).2 DSO[countable] a team of eight people who row a racing boat, or the boat that they rowOrigin eight Old English eahta
