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Word entry · 4 letters

wand

Best crossword clue

"Magician's stick"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /wɒnd/Part of speech nounSorted adnwStarts with WEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

Word origin

From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).

Used in a sentence

  • Love is that blessed wand which wins the waters from the hardness of the heart.
  • curling wand
  • Shop vac serves as blower to force vermiculite in fiber drum up through vacuum-cleaner wand and hose into wall opening

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