Zee definition

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Zee is defined as the letter Z.

An example of zee is the first letter in the word zoo.

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The letter Z.
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(US) The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
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Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zee-bar.
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Eye dialect spelling of the, representing primarily French-accented English.
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The letter z.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
zee
Plural:
zees

Zee Sentence Examples

  • There is evidence that, towards the close of the mediaeval period, great storms and tidal inundations occurred on the shores of the North Sea and Baltic, and in the course of these floods, culminating in 1297, the Zuider Zee was formed from a lake that existed in its neighbourhood, by the breaking down of dykes.

  • As a seaport its trade is now confined exclusively to the Zuider Zee.

  • The smaller branch to the right retains the name of Rhine and sends off another arm, called the Yssel, to the Zuider Zee.

  • The towns of the League, stretching from Thorn and Krakow on the East to the towns of the Zuider Zee on the West, and from Wisby and Reval in the North to Göttingen in the South, were arranged in groups, following in the main the territorial divisions.

  • In 1170 the land between Stavoren, Texel, and Medemblik was washed away, and a century later the Zuider Zee was formed.

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