eight

eight

eight /eɪt/ BrE AmE number, noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: eahta]
1. the 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. [countable] a team of eight people who row a racing boat, or the boat that they row