dee

[ dee ]

noun
  1. a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear: The wire cutters hung from a dee on her saddle.

  2. Physics. a hollow electrode for accelerating particles in a cyclotron.

Origin of dee

1
First recorded in 1785–95; so called from its shape, which resembles the letter D

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Other definitions for Dee (2 of 2)

Dee
[ dee ]

noun
  1. John, 1527–1608, English mathematician and astrologer.

  2. a river in NE Scotland, flowing E into the North Sea at Aberdeen. 90 miles (145 km) long.

  1. a river in N Wales and W England, flowing E and N into the Irish Sea. About 70 miles (110 km) long.

  2. a male or female given name.

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British Dictionary definitions for dee (1 of 3)

dee

/ (diː) /


verb
  1. a Scot word for die 1

British Dictionary definitions for Dee (2 of 3)

Dee1

/ (diː) /


noun
  1. a river in N Wales and NW England, rising in S Gwynedd and flowing east and north to the Irish Sea. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)

  2. a river in NE Scotland, rising in the Cairngorms and flowing east to the North Sea. Length: about 140 km (87 miles)

  1. a river in S Scotland, flowing south to the Solway Firth. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)

British Dictionary definitions for Dee (3 of 3)

Dee2

/ (diː) /


noun
  1. John. 1527–1608, English mathematician, astrologer, and magician: best known for his preface (1570) to the first edition of Euclid in English

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