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▸ noun: A Y-shaped object, such as a railroad fork or a support for a telescope; a wye, a bifurcation.
▸ noun: (lepidopterology) A moth of the genus Plusia, having markings resembling the letter Y.
▸ noun: (Canada, US, informal) A particular facility run by the YMCA/YWCA.
▸ noun: Abbreviation of year. [A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.]
▸ noun: (UK, television) Abbreviation of youth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked. [(uncountable) The quality or state of being young.]
▸ noun: (computing) Abbreviation of yes. [An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.]
▸ adverb: (slang, text messaging, Internet slang, stenoscript) Abbreviation of why. [(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.]
▸ noun: Abbreviation of year. (In some contexts as YY or YYYY to indicate only the last 2-digits or all 4-digits.) [A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.]
▸ noun: (stenoscript) Abbreviation of year. [A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons.]
▸ noun: (Canada, US) Clipping of the YMCA or YWCA.
▸ noun: Obsolete form of IJ (“a lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands”). [A lake (formerly a bay) adjoining the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.]
Similar:
monthly meeting,
high noon,
silly season,
baker's dozen,
day after day,
high summer,
morning prayers,
Eleventh Commandment,
eleventh hour,
finest hour,
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