"CAW" meaning in English

See CAW in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} CAW
  1. (labour, automotive, Canada) Initialism of Canadian Auto Workers, a former trade union, one of the predecessors of Unifor. Wikidata QID: Q3538162 Tags: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Canadian Auto Workers (extra: a former trade union, one of the predecessors of Unifor) Hypernyms: labour union Coordinate_terms: UAW Translations (Canadian Auto Workers): TCA (French)
    Sense id: en-CAW-en-name-en:Q3538162 Categories (other): Canadian English, Automotive, Labour, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Canada, Organizations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Canada: 60 40 Disambiguation of Organizations: 62 38 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} CAW (uncountable)
  1. (uncountable) Initialism of carbon arc welding. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: carbon arc welding
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