TAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taw mean? 

• TAW (noun)
  The noun TAW has 2 senses:

1. the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

2. a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles

  Familiarity information: TAW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

Holonyms ("taw" is a part of...):

Hebraic alphabet; Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew script (a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

shooter; taw

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

marble (a small ball of glass that is used in various games)