Definitions for shawl

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Spelling: [shawl]
IPA: /ʃɔl/

Shawl is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in shawl (ahlsw).

Definitions for shawl

noun

  1. a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, especially by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders, in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection against chill or dampness.

Origin of shawl

First recorded in 1655-65, shawl is from the Persian word shāl

Examples for shawl

The girl's face flushed, and she began to fumble the shawl nervously with her fingers.

When that was done she made a bundle of her cloak and shawl, and lay down in her clothes.

The shawl, we learn, weaves its way through Mexican life, from its use as a baby carrier to a shroud used to bury the dead.

When that isn't possible, Schroeder says, the site styles and photographs the dress with a shawl or jacket.

He penetrated the Kaabah itself, secretly sketching its interior on his shawl while pretending to pray.

Among the 50 new works included is a shawl made of used tea bags that resembles a ceremonial cloak.

At the pay booth, Cruz dropped the window and handed ten dollars to a Somali woman in a shawl.

"Robin, you might get me my shawl;" and Robin would go and get the shawl and put it round her.

Mrs. Rosenfeld was standing in the lower hall, a shawl about her shoulders.

I shall wrap myself in a shawl, which will hide a portion of my face.

Word Value for shawl
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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