English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 371 of 1086

shopping trolleynoun

A shopping cart.

shoppishadj

Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper.

shoppishnessnoun

The quality of being shoppish.

shoppyadj

Inclined to talk shop; full of jargon.

shoppy shopnoun

A small, independent retail store that sells unique, upscale gourmet food and often called boutique grocers, artisanal markets, or curated mini-marts.

shoproomnoun

Room (available space) in a workshop.

shopsnoun

plural of shop

shopska saladnoun

A Bulgarian salad made from tomatoes, cucumbers, onions or scallions, peppers, sirene cheese, and parsley.

shopsteadverb

To buy and renovate abandoned shop facilities that are offered for sale inexpensively as part of an urban renewal policy.

shopsteadernoun

An entrepreneur who buys and renovates an abandoned shop as part of a shopsteading program.

shopsteadingnoun

The sale by the government of abandoned shops to entrepreneurs who are willing to renovate them and operate there, as part of an urban revitalization policy.

shopvacnoun

A heavy-duty industrial vacuum cleaner designed to handle debris from a worksite or mechanical shop.

shopwardadv

Toward a shop.

shopwardsadv

Towards a shop.

shopwaynoun

The way that leads to a shop.

shopwearnoun

The condition of being shopworn; minor damage through being stored and handled in a retail outlet.

shopwideadj

Existing or applying throughout a shop or shop chain.

shopwomannoun

A woman employed in a shop.

shopworknoun

Work done in a workshop, such as woodwork or metalwork.

shopworkernoun

A person who works in a shop; a shop assistant

shopwornadj

Of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled.

shornoun

A salt lake.

Shor's algorithmname

A quantum algorithm for finding the prime factors of an integer.

shoragenoun

The right to use a shore, for example to land goods.

Shoranurname

A city in Palakkad district, Kerala, India.

shorbnoun

A shorebird.

shorbanoun

Alternative form of chorba.

shorbsnoun

plural of shorb

shordynoun

Alternative form of shorty (“a young woman”).

shorenoun

Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.

shore breaknoun

The area along the shoreline where waves break (as distinguished from other types of breaks).

Shore durometernoun

A device for measuring the hardness of a material, typically a polymer, elastomer, or rubber.

shore powernoun

Alternative form of shorepower.

shore upverb

To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).

shorebirdnoun

A bird, or species of birds, that is found near the edge of bodies of water.

shoreboundadj

Heading towards the shore.

shoredadj

Having a shore, often one of a specified type.

Shoreditchname

An urban area of London in the borough of Hackney, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3382).

shorefacenoun

A narrow, steeply sloping zone between a seaward limit of the shore at low water and a nearly horizontal offshore zone.

shorefastadj

Held fast (securely) to the shore.

shorefishnoun

Any of several fishes which inhabit shallow waters

shorefrontnoun

The area fronting on a coastline.

shoregoingadj

Going ashore.

Shorehamname

A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5161).

shorelandnoun

The land at the shore of a lake, sea, etc.

shorelarknoun

Either of two larks, of genus Eremophila, found in the Arctic or in mountainous regions

shorelessadj

Without a shore, or with no shore in sight; boundless.

shorelesslyadv

In a shoreless manner.

shorelessnessnoun

Absence of a shore.

shorelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a shore.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 371. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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