Definition/Meaning of pew

• English - Noun: pew (plural pews) One of the long bench es in a church , seat ing several persons, usually fix ed to the floor and facing the chancel . In many churches some pews are reserved for either clerical or liturgical officials such as canons, or for prominent families. 2025 May 31, Tanjil Rashid, “Finding their religion”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN,…
• English - Verb: pew (third-person singular simple present pews, present participle pewing, simple past and past participle pewed) To furnish with pews. 1834, The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical Information […] : building a gallery and altering the pewing in the church at Catherington
• English - Interjection: pew An expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor. pew (childish) Representative of the sound made by the firing of a gun , particularly a blaster in science fiction.
• English - Anagrams: WEP
• English - References: Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary , Springfield , Massachusetts , G .&C. Merriam Co ., 1967