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CW

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Abbreviation

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Civil War
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of ACW (“American Civil War”)

noun CWs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of calendar week
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of chemical warfare
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of classwork
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of content warning
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of continuous wave
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of conventional wisdom
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of country and western
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of current weight
  9. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of civil war

adjective

  1. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of clockwise

adverb

  1. abbreviation, not comparable Abbreviation of clockwise

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ddp, fm, shepherd, clockwise, rightward, rightwards, rightwise, rightwardly, right-hand, right-handed, right-handwise, dexter, dextral, dextrorotary, dextrorotatory, deiseal

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MLA

"CW." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cw. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

CW. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cw

Chicago

"CW." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cw.

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@misc{cw_2026,
  title = {CW},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cw},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}