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W

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Noun

1. atomic number 74, tungsten, w, wolfram

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

2. due west, w, west, westward

the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees

3. w, watt

a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a resistance of 1 ohm

4. double-u, w

the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

W

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abbreviation for
1. 
week
2. 
weight
3. 
width
4. 
wife
5. 
with
6. cricket
a. 
wide
b. 
wicket
abbreviation for
1. 
Wales
2. 
Welsh
nounWord forms: plural w's, W's or Ws
1. 
the 23rd letter and 18th consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. 
a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually a bilabial semivowel, as in web
symbol for
1. 
watt
2. 
West
3. physics
work
4. chemistry
tungsten
5. 
women's (size)

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W

see synonyms of w
1. 
Wales
2. 
Washington
3. 
watt(s)
4. 
Wednesday
5. 
Welsh
6. 
West
7. 
west
8. 
western
9. 
win(s)
10.  Physics
work
tungsten
nounWord forms: plural W's or 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 a.d. 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 W
adjective
6. 
of w or W
7. 
twenty-third in a sequence or group
8. 
shaped like W
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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

W

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n. pl. 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.
The symbol for tungsten.
abbr.
1. watt
2. Wednesday
3. week
4.
a. west
b. western
5. Sports win
6. Sports winger
abbr.
1. weight
2. width
3. Physics work
abbr.
1. wife
2. also w/ with

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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