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shari

shari noun: dead wood on the main trunk of a bonsai tree.

Noun

shari (plural sharis or shari)

  1. Dead wood on the main trunk of a bonsai tree.
  2. Rice for use in sushi that is often vinegared; sushi rice.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Shari

Shari

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Chari (“African river”).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Shari

Shari

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Sharon, variant of Sherry.
    • Shari Redstone, the chair of CBS parent company Paramount Global, said Wednesday that CBS leadership had made a “bad mistake” with their handling of “CBS Mornings” co-host Tony Dokoupil’s contentious interview last week with author Ta-Nehisi Coates.2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN

Forms of shari

pluralsharis
pluralshari

Origin of shari

Borrowed from Japanese 舎利 (shari).

Words formed from shari

Words that rhyme with shari

19 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about shari

What does shari mean?
Shari means dead wood on the main trunk of a bonsai tree.
What part of speech is shari?
Shari can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of shari?
The plural of shari is sharis.

Words near shari in the dictionary

  1. shareware
  2. sharewort
  3. shareworthy
  4. Shargo
  5. Sharhorod
  6. shari
  7. shari'a
  8. shari'atisation
  9. sharia
  10. sharia law
  11. sharia laws

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