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US/waɪr/
UK/waɪə/
a long thin piece of metal used to carry electricity or to fasten or support things
In context
Don't touch that wire; it might still be connected to the power.
The farmer put up a wire fence to keep the goats out of his vegetables.
There are so many wires behind my desk that I can't find the charger.
Words that go with wire
noun + noun
- copper wireCopper wire is used in most homes because it carries electricity well.
- wire fenceThe children climbed over the wire fence to get their ball back.
- telephone wireBirds were sitting in a row on the telephone wires.
adjective + noun
- barbed wireThe old factory is surrounded by high walls and barbed wire.
- electrical wireA mouse chewed through the electrical wire in the kitchen.
- loose wireThe light keeps flickering because of a loose wire.
verb + noun
- cut the wireIn the film, the hero has to cut the right wire to stop the bomb.