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DEW

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Dictionary entry overview: What does dew mean?

• DEW (noun)
The noun DEW has 1 sense:

1. water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air

Familiarity information: DEW used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DEW (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Context example:

in the morning the grass was wet with dew

Hypernyms ("dew" is a kind of...):

condensate; condensation (atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold)

Meronyms (substance of "dew"):

dewdrop (a drop of dew)

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