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schr.

schr. is the abbreviation of schooner.

Meaning of schooner

Noun

schooner (plural schooners)

  1. A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.
    • The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 6, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    goelette
  2. (UK) A glass for drinking a large measure of sherry.
    • Boycott any pub that bans work clothes, allows customers to reserve tables or only sells beer in schooners. That is less a pub, more a private members’ club.2018 June 6, Tony Naylor, “The new rules of pub etiquette: don't flirt with bar staff or steal the glasses”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  3. (Australia) A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).
    • Foaming schooners of beer grew ever larger and more numerous as the crimson February suns went to their rest.a. 1964, Arthur Upfield, “Fozen Pumps”, in Kees de Hoog, editor, Up and Down Australia: Short Stories Selected by Kees de Hoog, published 2008, page 67
  4. (US) A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager or ale (Wikipedia).
  5. (historical) A covered wagon used by emigrants.

Forms of schr.

pluralschrs.

Questions about schr.

What is schr. the abbreviation of?
Schr. is the abbreviation of schooner.

Words near schr. in the dictionary

  1. schpritzed
  2. schpritzer
  3. schpritzers
  4. schpritzes
  5. schpritzing
  6. schr.
  7. Schrack
  8. Schracks
  9. schradan
  10. Schrade
  11. Schrader

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Adapted from Wiktionary: schr. (page history and authors); schooner (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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