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widow

noun verb

A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.

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Word length
5
Starts with
W
Ends with
W
Contains
ID
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

/ˈwɪ.dəʊ/ /ˈwɪ.doʊ/

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.

  2. A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).

  3. (in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.

  4. An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.

  5. A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.

  6. A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus.

verb

  1. To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.

  2. To strip of anything valued.

  3. To endow with a widow's right.

  4. To be widow to.

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