Define the word W"w" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Labial \La"bi*al\, n.
1. (Phonetics) A letter or character representing an
articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the
lips, as b, p, w.
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2. (Mus.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue
pipe.
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3. (Zool.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish
or reptile.
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"W" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
W \W\ (d[u^]b"'l [=u]),
the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a
consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second
element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its
written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this
being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we
call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V,
and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially
in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the
other, as weal for veal, and veal for weal; wine for vine,
and vine for wine, etc. See Guide to Pronunciation,
[sect][sect] 266-268.
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"W" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
W
n 1: a heavy gray-white metallic element; the pure form is used
mainly in electrical applications; it is found in
several ores including wolframite and scheelite [syn: tungsten,
wolfram, atomic number 74]
2: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees [syn: west,
due west]
3: 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 [syn: watt]
4: the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: double-u]
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