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shashes

shashes is the plural of shash.

Meaning of shash

Noun (1)

shash (plural shashes)

  1. (obsolete) The scarf of a turban.
    • So much for the ſilk in Judea called Sheſh in Hebrevv, vvhence haply, that fine linen or ſilk is called Shaſhes vvorn at this day about the heads of eaſtern people.1650, Thomas Fuller, “The Land of Moriah”, in A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the Confines thereof, with the History of the Old and New Testament Acted thereon, London: […] J. F. for John Williams...
  2. (obsolete) A sash.

Noun (2)

shash (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of snow (“random pattern of dots when there is no signal”).
    • Even productions designed for office or home video viewing usually need a title sequence to mark off the empty tape, hiss and shash from the prepared recording […]1997, Paul Kriwaczek, Documentary for the Small Screen
    Synonyms:
    snow

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Questions about shashes

What is shashes the plural of?
Shashes is the plural of shash.

Words near shashes in the dictionary

  1. shas
  2. shash
  3. Shashamane
  4. Shashank
  5. shashed
  6. shashes
  7. Shashi
  8. shashia
  9. shashias
  10. shashing
  11. Shashiprabha

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