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Zee has 5 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Article · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet

"the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"

"he doesn't know A from izzard"

2

The name of the Latin-script letter Z .

"When teaching his toddler how to spell, the teacher emphasized that the last letter is called zee in American English butzed in British English."

Verb
1

To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)

"I need to head home early so I can get a few zees before my big presentation tomorrow."

Article
1

Pronunciation spelling of the, representing primarily French-accented English.

"The teacher corrected his pronunciation by explaining that he should say "thee" instead of "zee."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"The famous physicist Zee gave a lecture at our university last week."

See Also
nap sleep zeta zzz catch some z's zees izzard
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Rhyming Words
ezee mzee gazee hazee razee fuzee cauzee durzee quizzee yahtzee coetzee quinzee humanzee ghawazee cognizee disseizee mobilizee vanderzee manpanzee terrorizee
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