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wit

Definitions of wit
  1. noun
    drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth
    synonyms: witgoed
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    types:
    strijkgoed
    garments (clothes or linens) that are to be (or have been) ironed
    kielwater, kielzog, strijkerij, wasinrichting, wasserij
    garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
    linnen, linnengoed
    white goods or clothing made with linen cloth
    taartrand
    a small round piece of linen placed under a dish or bowl
    tafelgoed, tafellinnen
    linens for the dining table
    type of:
    goed, manufacturen, textiel
    textiles or clothing and related merchandise
  2. noun
    bread made with finely ground and usually bleached wheat flour
    synonyms: wittebrood
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    types:
    baguette, stokbrood
    a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes
    baguette, stokbrood
    narrow French stick loaf
    type of:
    brood, mik
    food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
  3. noun
    the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
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    types:
    hom
    seminal fluid produced by male fish
    type of:
    lichaamsvocht, water
    the liquid parts of the body
  4. noun
    the male reproductive cell; the male gamete
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