Definitions for shirr

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Spelling: [shur]

IPA: /ʃɜr/

Shirr is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in shirr (hirrs).

Definitions for shirr

noun

1. Also, shirring. a shirred arrangement, as of cloth.

verb (used with object)

1. to draw up or gather (cloth or the like) on three or more parallel threads.
2. to bake (eggs removed from the shell) in a shallow dish or in individual dishes.

Origin of shirr

First recorded in 1840-50; origin uncertain

Examples for shirr

shirr′ing, decorative-shirred needlework; shirr′ing-string, a cord used to gather the threads together in shirred-work.

shirr some eggs, and before serving pour some tomato sauce, or pure, over the white of the eggs.

shirr, Shir, shėr, n. a puckering made in a fabric by parallel gathering-threads.