w
or W
noun pl. W's, w's
- the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet: its sound was represented in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts by uu or u until about 900, then by Ƿ (wen) borrowed from the runic alphabet; in the 11th cent. a ligatured VV or vv was introduced by Norman scribes to replace the wen
- any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (w) of will
- a type or impression for w or W
- the twenty-third in a sequence or group
- an object shaped like
adjective
- of w or W
- twenty-third in a sequence or group
- shaped like
- waist
- watt(s)
- week(s)
- weight
- west
- western
- wide
- width
- wife
- with
- win(s)
- Physics work
- Wales
- Washington
- watt(s)
- Wednesday
- Welsh
- West
- west
- western
- win(s)
- Physics work
See w in American Heritage Dictionary 4
or W (dŭbˈəl-yo͞o, -yo͝o)
noun pl. W's w's or
W's also
ws or
Ws - The 23rd letter of the modern English alphabet.
- Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter w.
- The 23rd in a series.
- Something shaped like the letter W.
abbreviation- weight
- width
- Physics work
abbreviation- watt
- Wednesday
- week
a. west
b. western
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