Definitions for stevedore

stevedore ste·ve·dore

Spelling: [stee-vi-dawr, -dohr]
IPA: /ˈsti vɪˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr/

Stevedore is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 306 anagrams from letters in stevedore (deeeorstv).

Definitions for stevedore

noun

  1. a firm or individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel.

verb (used with object)

  1. to load or unload the cargo of (a ship).

verb (used without object)

  1. to load or unload a vessel.

Origin of stevedore

1780-90, Americanism; Spanish estibador, equivalent to estib(ar) to pack, stow (see steeve1) + -ador -ator

Examples for stevedore

He strips at one hundred and forty and can stand punishment like a stevedore.

Timekeeping for a stevedore firm and getting ten dollars a week!

Then I spotted the weapon it held, one you don't often see, a stevedore's hook.

"It's up to you now, Matie," the stevedore had said to the impatient first officer.

He was a genuine lounger, a stevedore, a longshoreman—and a big man.

But our stevedore didn't tell all there was of the Orion and the Sirius.

And Ogden Minot he pays me to be stevedore aboard his house yonder.

All the stevedore crew were members of the Wildcat's own race.

I had it from the stevedore who has been loading their cargo.

Capitalist, miner, politician, stevedore—it was all one to Jimmie.

Word Value for stevedore
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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