Definitions for stevedores

stevedores ste·ve·dore

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

Stevedores is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 381 anagrams from letters in stevedores (deeeorsstv).

Definitions for stevedores

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 stevedores

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

Examples for stevedores

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for stevedores
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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