wye
/ˈwaɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
noun
A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
name
A river in Wales and England, including Powys, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, the fifth-longest in the UK.
name
A river in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England, which flows into the River Derwent.
name
A river in Buckinghamshire, England, which joins the Thames at Bourne End.
Example Sentences
- "Thus first C checks to see if ex and wye are equal. The resulting value of 1 or 0 (true or false) then is compared to the value of zee."
- "It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh.""
- "A wye is used to split a single line [hose or cable] into two lines."
- "By going around the wye, a train can change direction."
- "When a hose line is divided into two or more lines, these lines are known as wyed lines."
- "Since the train didn't have a control cab at the other end, they wyed the train to turn it around for the trip back to the city."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: wæg