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Pew has 7 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Intj · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

long bench with backs; used in church by the congregation

"The elderly man slowly made his way down the aisle to take a seat on an empty pew near the front of the sanctuary."

2

One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel.

"The geneticist noted that the lab colony contained both standard albino mice and a few pews due to an accidental cross-breeding event."

3

Initialism of pink-eyed white (mouse or rat).

Verb
1

To furnish with pews.

"The newly renovated chapel was soon to be furnished with rows of dark wooden pews for the congregation."

Intj
1

An expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor.

"The sudden pew from the shotgun startled everyone in the hallway."

2

Representative of the sound made by the firing of a gun.

Proper Noun
1

A surname, from Welsh​.

"My neighbor Mr. Pew is actually descended from a prominent Welsh family that originally bore the name before it became Anglicized."

See Also
church alley pewful churchwarden's pew sound pewlike compartment bench
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bench
Rhyming Words
spew repew bespew take pew parish pew pull up pew belyando spew churchwarden's pew
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