Definitions For Shadoof

Noun

SHADOOF (plural SHADOOFs) A device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted stick with a bucket on the end of it.

Synonyms

water-lifting device dhenkli, picota, picottah, counterpoise-lift, swape

Translations

Ancient Greek: κήλων, κηλώνειον Finnish: vinttikaivo German: Schaduff, m Hungarian: gémeskút Portuguese: picota, f Spanish: cigüeñal, m, cigoñal, m

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, shadouf, shaduf}}

Etymology

From {{bor, en, arz, شادوف, tr=šadūf, sc=Arab}}.

Is Shadoof a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
13

The word Shadoof is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

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