d's

Variant of d

d definition

d or D (dē)

noun pl. d's, D's

  1. the fourth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek delta, a borrowing from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (d) of dog
  3. a type or impression for d or D
  4. the fourth in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of d or D
  2. fourth in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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