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whiting | x |

As a noun whiting

is a fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc or whiting can be a fish, , similar to cod, found in the north atlantic.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

whiting

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(-)
  • A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m). Related to the colour white. Cognate to Dutch .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A fish, , similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic.
  • Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including (the silver hake).

    • References

    Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, pg 3631

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----