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kew¹

noun kews

  1. The name of the Latin script letter Q/q. The following telegram with explain this: "Your suggestion approved stop the troops proceeding to ex those to wye and zed and the detachment at kew must be completed to ten days rations."

kew²

Where it comes from

Apheretic form of thank you.

interjection

  1. abbreviation, clipping, informal, uncommon Clipping of thank you ‘Kew,’ she said politely, and then took off, expertly negotiating the narrow aisles between the stalls.

kew³

Where it comes from

From Taishanese 球 (kiu³).

noun

  1. uncountable In American Chinese cuisine, meat in small curling pieces. fish kew

Kew⁴

  • /kjuː/ UK
  • /kjuʊ̯/ UK

Sounds like cue, queue

Where it comes from

From Middle English Cayho, a compound consisting of Old French kai (related to modern quay) + Middle English ho, howe, hoh, hogh (“promontory, cliff, spur of land”), from Old English hōh (“promontory”), see hoe.

proper noun

  1. A suburban area and former village in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1977). Kew is best known as the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens, now a World Heritage Site, and the National Archives.
  2. metonymically Kew Gardens.
  3. A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  4. An eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

KEW⁵

noun KEWs

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of kinetic energy weapon

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: q-word, qoph, q-code, qwertz, cuatrillo, double-u, kaaf, keeb, quebec, kappa, comedic k, quark, kezboard, quad, k truss, qual

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@misc{kew_2026,
  title = {kew},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kew},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}