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withe

noun verb

A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
W
Ends with
E
Contains
IT
Scrabble score
11
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

/waɪð/ /wɪð/

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A flexible, slender twig or shoot, especially when used as a band or for binding; a withy.

  2. A band of twisted twigs.

  3. An elastic handle to a tool to save the hand from the shock of blows.

  4. An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured.

  5. A partition between flues in a chimney.

verb

  1. To bind with withes.

  2. To beat with withes.

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