sheaf

sheaf is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sheave. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A sheave.
2. noun. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
3. noun. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four.
4. transitive verb. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
5. intransitive verb. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
6. noun. a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing

   Synonyms: bundle

Synonyms

bundle

Common word forms

sheafs, sheafed, sheafing

Words from these letters

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