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shoads

shoads is the plural of shoad.

Meaning of shoad

Noun

shoad (plural shoads)

  1. Loose fragments (often of metal ore) mixed with earth.
    • The earliest mining consisted simply in collecting shoads — a means of gaining a livelihood not yet totally discarded.1915, Lionel Clive Ball, The Etheridge Mineral Field, page 37

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Questions about shoads

What is shoads the plural of?
Shoads is the plural of shoad.

Words near shoads in the dictionary

  1. shoad
  2. shoaded
  3. shoader
  4. shoaders
  5. shoading
  6. shoads
  7. Shoaf
  8. Shoaff
  9. Shoaffs
  10. Shoafs
  11. shoah

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