kew
/kjuː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.04 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
name
A suburban area and former village in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1977).
name
name
A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
noun
Example Sentences
- "The following telegram with explain this: "Your suggestion approved stop the troops proceeding to ex those to wye and zed and the detachment at kew must be completed to ten days rations.""
- "the pardonable confusion for which some blame the cudgel and more blame the soot but unthanks to which the pees with their caps awry are quite as often as not taken for kews with their tails in their or are quite as often as not taken for pews with their tails in their mouths"
- ""As usual I got me pees an' kews mixed up.""
- "‘Kew,’ she said politely, and then took off, expertly negotiating the narrow aisles between the stalls."
- "fish kew"
- "shrimp kew"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /kjuː/