zee

[ zee ]

noun
  1. the letter Z or z.

Origin of zee

1
1665–75; by analogy with the names of other consonant letters; cf. zed

Words Nearby zee

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How to use zee in a sentence

  • His fame as a painter was established from the Mediterranean to the Zuyder zee.

    Great Artists, Vol 1. | Jennie Ellis Keysor
  • The weather had been still and steamy; but it broke up finely now, and we had a rattling three-reef sail to the Zuyder zee.'

    The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine Childers
  • Zay, bor, don't 'ee zee a zort o' loikeness atween t' maid and t' Squire?

    Happy Days | Alan Alexander Milne
  • "'Ee doan' ketch me tryin' to sail close to Gulf Rock when 'ee can't zee a boat's length ahead," he said, emphatically.

    The Pillar of Light | Louis Tracy
  • Every time I dropped the rod on the gunwale the tuna took line—zeezeezee—foot by foot and yard by yard.

    Tales of Fishes | Zane Grey

British Dictionary definitions for zee

zee

/ (ziː) /


noun
  1. the US word for zed

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