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shams

shams is the plural of sham.

Meaning of sham

Noun

sham (countable and uncountable, plural shams)

  1. A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
    • The time-share deal was a sham.
  2. Trickery, hoaxing.
    • A con-man must be skilled in the arts of sham and deceit.
  3. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
  4. A decorative cover for a pillow.

See all 10 meanings of sham

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Shams

Shams (plural Shamses)

  1. A surname from Arabic.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Shams

Shams

  1. (plural) plural of Sham

Forms of shams

pluralShamses

Origin of shams

Borrowed from Arabic شَمْس (šams).

Phrases with shams

Questions about shams

What does shams mean?
Shams means a surname from Arabic.
What is shams the plural of?
Shams is the plural of sham.
What part of speech is shams?
Shams is a proper noun.

Words near shams in the dictionary

  1. shamrock
  2. shamrockery
  3. shamrocklike
  4. shamrocks
  5. shamrocky
  6. shams
  7. shams Abraham
  8. shams Abram
  9. Shamses
  10. shamsheer
  11. shamsheers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shams (page history and authors); Shams (page history and authors); sham (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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