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woman

noun verb

An adult female human.

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Word length
5
Starts with
W
Ends with
N
Contains
OM
Scrabble score
10

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Pronunciation

/ˈwʊmɘn/ /ˈwʊmən/ /ˈwʊmən/

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Definitions

noun

  1. An adult female human.

  2. (collective) All females collectively; womankind.

  3. A female person, usually an adult; a (generally adult) female sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

  4. A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).

  5. A female who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)

  6. A female attendant or servant.

verb

  1. To staff with female labor.

  2. To make effeminate or womanish.

  3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.

  4. To call (a person) "woman" in a disrespectful fashion.

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