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shorn

adjective

having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
S
Ends with
N
Contains
HO
Scrabble score
8
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ʃɔɹn

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers

    “picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor”

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Example Sentences

picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor
naked as a sheared sheep

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