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Word entry · 4 letters

wire

Best crossword clue

"Thin metal line"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /waɪə(ɹ)/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eirwStarts with WEnds with E3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. equip for use with electricity

Word origin

From Middle English wir, wyr, from Old English wīr (“wire, metal thread, wire-ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *wīraz (“wire”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁iros (“a twist, thread, cord, wire”), from *weh₁y- (“to turn, twist, weave, plait”).

Used in a sentence

  • Holonyms: cable; wire rope; wiring harness; wire wool
  • That wire powers the lamp.
  • The episode began by a telephone ring in the morning and the voice of Algernon Mailey at the far end of the wire.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Thin metal line4 letters
02Thin metal strand4 letters
03Metal strand4 letters

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