Definitions for shadoof

shadoof sha·doof

Spelling: [shah-doof]
IPA: /ʃɑˈduf/

Shadoof is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in shadoof (adfhoos).

Definitions for shadoof

noun

  1. a device used in Egypt and other Eastern countries for raising water, especially for irrigation, consisting of a long suspended rod with a bucket at one end and a weight at the other.

Origin of shadoof

First recorded in 1830-40, shadoof is from the Egyptian Arabic word shadūf

Examples for shadoof

The water raised by the shadoof is commonly used for irrigation.

This is the shadoof, the same which was used in the time of Moses.

A shadoof, such as may be seen on the Nile, serves to draw water to irrigate the gardens.

Here we began to see small herds of brown buffaloes, and peasants plying the irrigating buckets of the shadoof.

The men working at the 21 shadoof on the river brink have only a strip of cloth around their loins.

Drawing water with the aid of the shadoof is said to be very hard work, especially in so hot a country as Egypt.

The man who works the shadoof stands near the water's edge, below the slender arm of the balance.

One of the most common sights along the Nile is the shadoof.

The shadoof is used on small farms, and the sakieh is more often used for larger farms and plantations.

Word Value for shadoof
Scrable

14

Words with friends

13

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