w/

¹

abbreviation

1. with.

W

²

Or w

[duhb-uhl-yoo, -yoo, duhb-yuh]

noun

plural

W's, Ws, w's, ws. 

1. the 23rd letter of the English alphabet, a semivowel.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter W or w, as in way, bewitch, or row.

3. something having the shape of a W .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter W or w.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter W or w.

W

³

Symbol.

1. the 23rd in order or in a series.

2. Biochemistry.,  tryptophan.

3. Chemistry.,  tungsten.

W.

⁴

abbreviation

1. Wales.

2. warden.

3. warehouse.

4. Washington.

5. watt; watts.

6. Wednesday.

7. weight.

8. Welsh.

9. west.

10. western.

11. width.

12. Physics.,  work.

W

⁵

abbreviation

1. watt; watts.

2. west.

3. western.

4. white.

5. wide.

6. widowed.

7. width.

8. withdrawn; withdrew.

9. withheld.

w

⁶

abbreviation

1. watt; watts.

2. withdrawn; withdrew.

3. withheld.

w.

⁷

abbreviation

1. warden.

2. warehouse.

3. water.

4. watt; watts.

5. week; weeks.

6. weight.

7. west.

8. western.

9. wide.

10. width.

11. wife.

12. with.

13. won.

14. Physics.,  work.

W.

¹

abbreviation

1. Wales

2. Welsh

w

²

/ ˈdʌbəlˌjuː /

noun

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

w.

³

abbreviation

1. week

2. weight

3. width

4. wife

5. with

6. cricket

   1. wide

   2. wicket

W

⁴

symbol

1. watt

2. West

3. physics work

4. chem tungsten

5. women's (size)

w

1. Abbreviation of width

Word History and Origins

Origin of w¹

W ³ def. 3 from German Wolfram wolfram

Word History and Origins

Origin of w¹

(sense 4) from New Latin wolframium, from German Wolfram