CW

See also: cw, cW, c/w, and .cw

Translingual

Symbol

CW

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Curaçao since 2010.

   Synonym: CUW (alpha-3)

English

Etymology

Abbreviation

Proper noun

CW

1. (military, history) Initialism of Civil War
   1. Ellipsis of ACW (“American Civil War”)

Noun

CW (countable and uncountable, plural CWs)

1. Initialism of calendar week.
2. Initialism of chemical warfare.
3. (education) Initialism of classwork.
4. Initialism of content warning.
5. (telecommunications) Initialism of continuous wave.
6. Initialism of conventional wisdom.
7. (music) Initialism of country and western.
8. Initialism of current weight.

   Coordinate terms: GW, HW, LW, SW, UGW

9. Abbreviation of civil war

Adjective

CW (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of clockwise.

Adverb

CW (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of clockwise.

Anagrams

• WC, w/c, wc