chamois

chamois is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase.
2. noun. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.
3. noun. hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips
4. noun. a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin

   Synonyms: chammy, shammy

Synonyms

chammy, shammy

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in chamois:

chamiso

Common word forms

chamoised, chamoises, chamoising

Words from these letters

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