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Definition of "wye" []

  • The letter y. (noun)
  • An object shaped like a Y. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wye" in a sentence
  • "The trains reversed direction on what American railroaders called a wye-Europeans called it a turning triangle-which allowed trains to back up to any one of ten offloading ramps, and the Russians were doing it with skill and aplomb."
  • "I really just need the "wye" to be displayed in profile view, but if it part of the vertical structure so be it."
  • "MABERRY: You were at the forefront of the against development by Imperial College at Wye, Kent, starting the web-site save-wye. org."