Definitions for shoji

shoji sho·ji

Spelling: [shoh-zhee, -jee]
IPA: /ˈʃoʊ ʒi, -dʒi/

Shoji is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in shoji (hijos).

Definitions for shoji

noun

  1. a light screen consisting of a framework of wood covered with paper or other translucent material, used originally in Japanese homes as one of a series of sliding panels between the interior and exterior or between two interior spaces.

Origin of shoji

1875-80; Japanese shōji, earlier shaũji Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese zhàngzi fence

Examples for shoji

His shoji were made of waste paper and his guests received tea only.

The shoji, or bamboo and paper screen, was pushed back, revealing an interior wonderfully clever in its simplicity.

Down L. is an open section of shoji leading to the Prince's apartments.

The local people open their homes to show off their treasures inside: artworks, shoji screens, their homes.

The old dame threw aside the shoji like an armor, and walked in.

But one night there came a gentle tapping on his shoji—like the dream.

Handmade Japanese window or shoji paper for repairing leaves, also called Japanese mending tissue.

Meister, like shoji, is a designer who consistently dresses plus-size stars.

shoji, the sliding screens which take the place of doors in a Japanese house.

On hearing the commotion she opened the shoji and eagerly scanned the direction whence it arose.

Word Value for shoji
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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