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Crenshaw

Crenshaw proper noun: a surname. Also the ellipsis of Crenshaw County.

Proper noun

Crenshaw (plural Crenshaws)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Panola County and Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
  4. A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

Noun

Crenshaw (plural Crenshaws)

  1. A kind of melon with a hard yellow-green rind.

Also used as

Crenshaw is also the ellipsis of Crenshaw County.

Forms of Crenshaw

Proper noun
pluralCrenshaws
Noun
pluralCrenshaws

Origin of Crenshaw

(melon): Named after American horticulturist Edwin Crenshaw.

Words formed from Crenshaw

Questions about Crenshaw

What does Crenshaw mean?
Crenshaw means a surname.
What part of speech is Crenshaw?
Crenshaw can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Crenshaw in the dictionary

  1. crenobiont
  2. crenobionts
  3. crenolanib
  4. crenophilous
  5. crenotherapy
  6. Crenshaw
  7. Crenshaw County
  8. Crenshaws
  9. crenuchid
  10. crenuchids
  11. crenula

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