shaw

Other forms of shaw

plural

shaws·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shaw

What does shaw mean?

shaw means "United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shaw?

shaw has 1 syllable: shaw. In IPA it is /ˈʃɔ/.

What is another word for shaw?

Close synonyms include Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings, Anna Howard Shaw. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shaw a common word?

shaw is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with shaw?

1 word rhymes with shaw. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.