wye

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The name of the Latin script letter Y/y.
2. noun A Y-shaped object: a wye level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.

   A wye is used to split a single line [hose or cable] into two lines.

3. verb To make something into a wye (letter Y) shape.

   When a hose line is divided into two or more lines, these lines are known as wyed lines.

4. verb To reverse the direction of a train using a wye.

   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.

Similar words

triangle radial hay wie huai doubleyou double-u yoke yery y-wing

Often followed by

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Word family

Wye wyes