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5 Letter Words for Shawm
hawms, shawm, whams
4 Letter Words for Shawm
hams, hawm, haws, mash, maws, samh, sham, shaw, swam, wash, wasm, wham
3 Letter Words for Shawm
ahs, ash, awm, aws, ham, has, haw, mas, maw, msh, sah, sam, saw, sha, sma, swa, wah, was, wha, whs
Definitions for Shawm
[1] an early musical woodwind instrument with a double reed: the forerunner of the modern oboe.
[2] music a medieval form of the oboe with a conical bore and flaring bell, blown through a double reed
Words nearby Shawm
shawinigan-sud, shawl, shawl collar, shawl tongue, shawlie, shawm, shawn, shawnee, shawnees, shawwal, shay
Origin of Shawm
1300–50; Middle English schalme < Middle French chaume < Latin calamus stalk, reed < Greek kálamos reed; replacing Middle English schallemele < Middle French chalemel (see chalumeau)
Word origin for Shawm
C14 shalmye, from Old French chalemie, ultimately from Latin calamus a reed, from Greek kalamos