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wootzes

wootzes is the plural of wootz.

Meaning of wootz

Noun

wootz (countable and uncountable, plural wootzes)

  1. A type of steel from India, much admired for making sword blades.
    • The celebrated wootz or steel of India, made in little cakes of only about two pounds weight, possesses qualities which no European steel can surpass.1863, Samuel Smiles, Industrial Biography

Questions about wootzes

What is wootzes the plural of?
Wootzes is the plural of wootz.

Words near wootzes in the dictionary

  1. Wootton St Lawrence
  2. Wootton St Lawrence with Ramsdell
  3. Wootton Wawen
  4. Woottons
  5. wootz
  6. wootzes
  7. woowoo
  8. woowoos
  9. wooyen
  10. wooyens
  11. Wooyung

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