w

W is the 23rd letter of the English alphabet, of the type or symbol of this letter.

(noun)

An example of w is the first letter in the word "water."

The definition of w is like or shaped like the 23rd letter of the alphabet.

(adjective)

An example of w used as an adjective is in the phrase "w pancakes," which means pancakes that are shaped like a "w."

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See w in Webster's New World College Dictionary

or W

noun pl. W's, w's

  1. 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
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (w) of will
  3. a type or impression for w or W
  4. the twenty-third in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of w or W
  2. twenty-third in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like

  1. waist
  2. watt(s)
  3. week(s)
  4. weight
  5. west
  6. western
  7. wide
  8. width
  9. wife
  10. with
    also w., w/
  11. win(s)
  12. Physics work

  1. Wales
  2. Washington
  3. watt(s)
  4. Wednesday
  5. Welsh
  6. West
  7. west
  8. western
  9. win(s)
  10. Physics work

tungsten

Origin: w(olfram)

See w in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or W

noun pl. W's w's or W's also ws or Ws
  1. The 23rd letter of the modern English alphabet.
  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter w.
  3. The 23rd in a series.
  4. Something shaped like the letter W.

abbreviation
  1. weight
  2. width
  3. Physics work

The symbol for the element tungsten.

Origin:

Origin: From German Wolfram; see wolfram

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abbreviation
  1. watt
  2. Wednesday
  3. week
  4. a. west
    b. western

abbreviation
  1. wife
  2. also w/ with

abbreviation
Welsh

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