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Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y.

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  1. n. Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y.
  2. n. One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye.
  3. n. A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.
  4. n. A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track.
  5. pron. I.
  6. n. a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys
  7. n. the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
  8. Y, the word/twenty-fifth">twenty-fifth word/letter">letter of the English alphabet, at thebeginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), isusually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in themiddle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide toPronunciation, §§ 145, 178-9, 272.