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wings

noun

Simple meaning

A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing.

Pronunciation

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wingz
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈwɪŋz

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Definition

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noun

  1. A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing

  2. A flip (hairstyle)

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

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This meaning: A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing

Used this way, wings is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use wings

  • “Necessity lends wings to inspiration.”noun

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Word Family

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Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • wingernounPerson or profession

    Player in wing position.

Compound terms

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  • water wingsnounCompound term

    A life preserver consisting of a connected pair of inflatable bags that fit under a person's arms and provide buoyancy.

Related words

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  • wingedadjectiveRelated term

    Having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind.

  • wing chairnounRelated term

    Easy chair having wings on each side of a high back.

  • winged beannounRelated term

    A tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings.

  • winged peanounRelated term

    A tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings.

  • winged spindle treenounRelated term

    Bushy deciduous shrub with branches having thin wide corky longitudinal wings.

  • wing casenounRelated term

    Either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings.

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