Definitions for handkerchief

handkerchief hand·ker·chief

Spelling: [hang-ker-chif, -cheef]
IPA: /ˈhæŋ kər tʃɪf, -ˌtʃif/

Handkerchief is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 28 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 28 points.

You can make 847 anagrams from letters in handkerchief (acdeefhhiknr).

Definitions for handkerchief

noun

  1. a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
  2. a neckerchief or kerchief.

Origin of handkerchief

First recorded in 1520-30; hand + kerchief

Examples for handkerchief

And when he had told her all, she sat silent, rolling her handkerchief in her fingers.

Waving a silk cloth, he declared, “Gentlemen, I will have this land just as surely as I now have this handkerchief.”

I was forced to turn my face from them, and pull out my handkerchief.

He said, 'Throw your handkerchief to whichever of us you love.'

“Now to say that I tried to convince Judd to stay is an understatement,” McConnell said, wielding a handkerchief.

Let it go and tuck in your handkerchief like the rest of us.

When the mood struck, Guy would pick the strings with his teeth, or slap a handkerchief against the guitar for effect.

That handkerchief reveals the precision that is Lee at her best.

I was so enraged that she was not there, I wished to cover my face with my handkerchief.

Being polite “is using your handkerchief, but not just to wave goodbye from the platform.”

Word Value for handkerchief
Scrable

28

Words with friends

28

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