Definition of Double feature

1. Noun. Two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day).

Exact synonyms: Doubleheader, Twin Bill
Generic synonyms: Game
Terms within: Nightcap

Definition of Double feature

1. Noun. Two feature-length motion pictures being shown back-to-back in a movie theatre, with the understanding both may be seen for the price of a single ticket. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Feature

double double
double down
double dozen
double dribble
double dye
double eagle
double eagles
double emulsion
double entendre
double entendres
double entry
double exposure
double factorial
double factorials
double fault
double feature
double features
double figures
double file
double first
double firsts
double flap amputation
double flat
double flats
double fracture
double glazing
double gold
double grave accent
double grave accents
double gut shot

Literary usage of Double feature

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"The double pink daisy (Pyrethrum hybridum), often requires four or five years to show the double feature. At the first blooming the flower heads may exhibit ..."

2. New Text-book of Geology: Designed for Schools and Academies by James Dwight Dana (1883)
"This double feature of the Orient accords with its great breadth; for it averages 6000 miles from east to west, which is far more than twice the mean ..."

3. The Circular, Square, and Octagonal Earthworks of Ohio by Cyrus Thomas (1889)
"A hearth somewhat similar to this, but lacking its double feature, lay almost directly beneath this last upon the general burnt streak that has been ..."

4. The Contemporary Review (1871)
"It is this double feature which gives to the movement its chief significance, and its best claims to historical commemoration. It not only carried forward ..."

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