Definitions for shoehorn

shoehorn shoe·horn

Spelling: [shoo-hawrn]
IPA: /ˈʃuˌhɔrn/

Shoehorn is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in shoehorn (ehhnoors).

Definitions for shoehorn

noun

  1. a shaped piece of horn, metal, or the like, inserted in the heel of a shoe to make it slip on more easily.

verb (used with object)

  1. to force into a limited or tight space:

Origin of shoehorn

First recorded in 1580-90; shoe + horn

Examples for shoehorn

To dig up de profundis a shoehorn that you need is a more remarkable achievement than to unearth a new Pompeii.

Even if he had any flavor and wasn't tougher'n a shoehorn, he's too much for us to eat.

He certainly has arrived at what a witty American friend of mine would call the "shoehorn stage."

It might difficult, however, to shoehorn Mourdock into the role of Tea Party wacko.

He cant find a shoehorn with which to get into his breeches.

Do you know that some mornings he has to get his hat on with a shoehorn.

Even adults like to shoehorn their bottoms into a malleable rubber swing and take a ride down memory lane.

She is likely to shoehorn her pain into lugubrious scenarios that are perfect for country-music videos.

He had a shaven cranium, and his tight scalp might have been slipped over the bony bosses of his head with a shoehorn.

Word Value for shoehorn
Scrable

14

Words with friends

13

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