Meaning & use
wye
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The name of the letter Y, or a Y-shaped junction, fitting, or track formation.
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The railway crew used a wye to turn the locomotive around.
Plumbers often use a wye fitting to join two pipes at an angle.
A note on using this word
Wye comes from the phonetic spelling of the letter 'Y' and is widely used in engineering and rail terminology for Y-shaped structures.
Words with a similar meaning
y-junction
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