Definitions for sallows

sallows sal·low

Spelling: [sal-oh]
IPA: /ˈsæl oʊ/

Sallows is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 85 anagrams from letters in sallows (allossw).

Definitions for sallows

noun

  1. any of several shrubby Old World willows, especially Salix atrocinerea or the pussy willow, S. caprea.
  2. any of several shrubby Old World willows, especially Salix atrocinerea or the pussy willow, S. caprea.

adjective

  1. of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color:
  2. of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color:

verb (used with object)

  1. to make sallow.
  2. to make sallow.

Origin of sallows

before 1000; Middle English sal(o)we, Old English salo; cognate with Old Norse sǫlr yellow; compare French sale dirty (

Examples for sallows

Under his ruddy tan his skin was no longer fresh, but dull and sallow.

The perspiration stood in beads on the boy's sallow forehead; but he said nothing.

Lincoln would endure bout after bout of the hypos, until a permanent sadness settled onto his sallow face.

"The tribunal will inform you," replied the familiar—a tall, sallow, elderly man.

Junkies have their own look (emaciated, haunted, sallow) and their own junk names: Doolie, Cash, and Dupré.

They were hard-featured men, sallow of complexion, rigid in their looks.

His cheek was sallow, his nose aquiline, his mouth compressed.

Her face was sallow and dry, and the luster had gone from her black hair.

This John is sickly and sallow, his body lacking plasticity.

He paused, his sallow face flushed with the enthusiasm of his idea.

He paused, his sallow face flushed with the enthusiasm of his idea.

Her face was sallow and dry, and the luster had gone from her black hair.

They were hard-featured men, sallow of complexion, rigid in their looks.

The perspiration stood in beads on the boy's sallow forehead; but he said nothing.

Lincoln would endure bout after bout of the hypos, until a permanent sadness settled onto his sallow face.

"The tribunal will inform you," replied the familiar—a tall, sallow, elderly man.

His cheek was sallow, his nose aquiline, his mouth compressed.

Junkies have their own look (emaciated, haunted, sallow) and their own junk names: Doolie, Cash, and Dupré.

Under his ruddy tan his skin was no longer fresh, but dull and sallow.

This John is sickly and sallow, his body lacking plasticity.

Word Value for sallows
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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