shaw
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 4
See all 3 pronunciations Show less
Definition of shaw
14 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
-
(dated, dialectal)A thicket; a small wood or grove.
“All this herd sire Lamorak / and on the morne sir lamorak took his hors and rode vnto the forest / and there he mette with two knyghtes houynge vnder the wood shawe”
“Thenne said sire kay I requyre you lete vs preue this aduenture / I shal not fayle you said sir Gaherys / and soo they rode that tyme tyl a lake / that was that tyme called the peryllous lake / And there they abode vnder the shawe of the wood”
“The snows are fled away, leaves on the shaws, / And grasses in the mead renew their birth,”
See all 14 definitions Show less
noun
-
(dated, dialectal)A thicket; a small wood or grove.
“All this herd sire Lamorak / and on the morne sir lamorak took his hors and rode vnto the forest / and there he mette with two knyghtes houynge vnder the wood shawe”
“Thenne said sire kay I requyre you lete vs preue this aduenture / I shal not fayle you said sir Gaherys / and soo they rode that tyme tyl a lake / that was that tyme called the peryllous lake / And there they abode vnder the shawe of the wood”
“The snows are fled away, leaves on the shaws, / And grasses in the mead renew their birth,”
-
(Scotland)The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
“Up here the hills were brave with the beauty and the heat of it, but the hayfield was still all a crackling dryness and in the potato park beyond the biggings the shaws drooped red and rusty already.”
intj
- (slang)A kind of battle cry or warning.
- Censored spelling of shit.
name
- (countable, uncountable)An English topographic surname for someone who lived by a small wood or copse.
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
- (countable, uncountable)A placename
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old English sċeaga, scaga. Cognate with Old Norse skógr (“forest, wood”), whence Danish skov (“forest”). Doublet of scaw.
Words you can make from shaw
16 playable · top: HAWS (10 pts)
Best play haws 10 points4-letter words
2 words3-letter words
8 words2-letter words
5 wordsHooks
5 extensions · 1 front · 4 back
A single letter you can add to shaw to make another valid word.
Front
Find your best play with shaw
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes shaw, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.