eng
/ɛŋ/
noun
- A written abbreviation for 'engine' or 'engineering', often used in labels or informal notes.
- The car's eng light came on, so I took it to the mechanic.
- Please check the eng specs before ordering the part.
- He works in the eng department at the university.
- A letter representing the 'ng' sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet (ŋ).
- Linguists use eng to transcribe words like 'long' and 'thing'.
- In phonetics, the symbol eng is used for the sound at the end of 'sing'.
- The teacher wrote an eng on the board to show the nasal sound.