wing
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3.0
- noun
- /wɪŋ/
- All facility residents were included except those residing in the Alzheimer's wing and those identified by staff as cognitively impaired.
- the wing of the building
- a new wing
- east wing
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- And there was a first story roof wing beside my my room.
- That's it on the main floor of the of The West Wing, top floor of The West Wing.
Examples
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A children's hospital is dedicating an entire wing to Granny Wendy.
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I got him in the east wing.
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Just continue doing that and going to that wing outside.
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This whole wing is closed!
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Most of my work was in this East Wing.
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Many of you know we're hoping to start construction on our new prayer wing soon.
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The Selective Service office is in the town hall, that far wing, the new wing with a separate entrance.
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They're opening up a special wing.
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On the top floor of the main wing is the IAU Secretariat.
Academic text (2000) -
Many of you know we're hoping to start construction on our new prayer wing soon.
Synonyms
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3.8
Something added to make a building, road or object bigger
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5.1
A smaller building added to a larger one for extra space
A part of a building, vehicle, or animal that sticks out like a wing
Idioms
Compounds
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3.8
People who support conservative political, social, and economic ideas and little change
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8.4
A senior Royal Air Force officer who is above a squadron leader and below a group captain
- Specialized
1
6.9
A set of long rotating blades on a helicopter that lift it and let it hover
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1
8.9
A South American plant with wing-shaped leaves and red flower clusters
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1
5.5
A small metal part with flat side pieces you can turn by hand to hold things together
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1
7.8
One of the front pair of thin parts an insect uses to fly when it has four wings
- US
1
9.6
A North American tree with rough, thick bumps on its branches that look like wings
- Specialized
A small stiff group of feathers on the front edge of a bird's wing that helps control flight when landing
- Specialized
A small group of stiff feathers on a bird's thumb that helps control flight
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Etymology
Wing for a part of a building comes from the word's old sense of a 'side' or projection, much like a bird's wing sticks out from its body, so a building wing is an extra side with rooms or a special use.