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Nonpareil Definition & Meaning

nonpareil
adjective
  1. eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"
noun
  1. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
  2. colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies
  3. a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar

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What does nonpareil mean?
eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art" model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies a flat disk of chocolate covered with beads of colored sugar
What part of speech is nonpareil?
Nonpareil is an adjective and a noun.
How many definitions does nonpareil have?
Nonpareil has 4 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).

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