sharon
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
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- Letters
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/ˈʃæɹən/
Definition of sharon
28 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
name
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A plain in Israel.
“I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”
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name
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A plain in Israel.
“I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.”
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A female given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
“Although the Black Sabbath frontman was raised in the Church of England, his marriage to television personality and manager Sharon Osbourne (Levy), whose father, Don Arden, was Jewish, put Judaism “at the heart of our household,” she told The Jewish Chronicle last year, adding, “Judaism is the only religion I have and the only one I’m comfortable with.””
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A unisex given name from Hebrew derived from the biblical place name.
“My name is Katie Jonas. I was born in Utica. My dad worked on a brickyard. I picked out the name Sharon Falconer while I was a stenographer.”
“The group suggested a number of reasons why a girl might not fit in to their community - for instance, if she wore white socks and had a name like 'Sharon'.”
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- A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, named after the plain in Israel.
noun
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(UK, derogatory, slang)A working-class female.
“2005, Birgitte Tufte, Jeanette Rasmussen, Lars Bech Christensen, Frontrunners Or Copycats? (page 83), quoting a 17-year-old girl 'Cos all the Sharons go with the Rocker type of skaters - because I've got friends who are really good friends with Sharons and they are skaters. And you don't hold it against them that they are Sharons and they are rockers.”
verb
- (Philippines, slang)Wrapping leftover foods to take home from any kind of social function such as a birthday or wedding.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Biblical place name, Hebrew שָׁרוֹן (šārōn, “the Sharon plain”).
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