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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

LWB en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of vehicles) long-wheelbase
    • Coordinate term: SWB

LWB en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (of vehicles) Long wheelbase.
    • Coordinate term: SWB
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of little white book; a type of small instructional guide included with mass-market tarot decks.
    • The goal is not to memorize the cards in the LWB, but to develop a relationship with the cards. 2013, Patrick Dunn, Cartomancy with the Lenormand and the Tarot: Create Meaning and Gain Insight from the Cards, page 62:
    • Looking back, I think that learning by the LWB was a great way to start. 2023, Julia Gordon-Bramer, Tarot Life Lessons: Living Wisdom from the Major Arcana:
    • The cards require interpretation, and the interpretations offered by the LWBs, traditional or not, are ultimately only scaffolding on which to hang your own intuition, which is something you acquire over a period of time and with much trial and error. 2008, Paul Huson, “The Arcane Roots of Tarot”, in The Witches' Almanac, number 27, page 13:

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LWBs Number=Plur lexicographic