POW

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: pow, pow., pōw, PoW, and Pow

English

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

POW (plural POWs)

  1. (military) Initialism of prisoner of war.
    Synonym: (Canada) PW
    Alternative forms: P.O.W., PoW
    After his capture he was taken to a camp for POWs.
  2. (religion) Initialism of place of worship.
  3. (cryptography, cryptocurrencies) Alternative letter-case form of PoW (“proof of work”)

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Anagrams

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=POW&oldid=80586055"