shawl C2 Topic:Materials & Substances US /ʃɔl/ UK /ʃɔːl/ See IPA manual Freq #16466 Meanings 1 noun A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. She wears her shawl when it's cold outside. 2 verb To wrap in a shawl. Rebecca was shawling her in an upper apartment , where these two friends had an opportunity for a little of that secret talking and conspiring which forms the delight of female life. 3 noun cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders 4 noun A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting. Thesaurus Word family Forms black-shawledshawlless Derived forms beshawledenshawledshawletteshawllessshawllikeshawlwiseunshawl Common collocations prayer shawl Noun + noun Etymology From Hindi शाल (śāl) and Urdu شال (śāl), from Persian شال (šâl). Topics Materials & Substances External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # shawl **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ʃɔl/ **IPA (UK):** /ʃɔːl/ **Frequency rank:** 16466 ## Meanings 1. A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. 2. To wrap in a shawl. 3. cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders 4. A fold of wrinkled flesh under the lips and neck of a bloodhound, used in scenting. ## Examples - She wears her shawl when it's cold outside. - Rebecca was shawling her in an upper apartment , where these two friends had an opportunity for a little of that secret talking and conspiring which forms the delight of female life. ## Derived Forms - beshawled - enshawled - shawlette - shawlless - shawllike - shawlwise - unshawl ## Etymology From Hindi शाल (śāl) and Urdu شال (śāl), from Persian شال (šâl). ## Topics - Materials & Substances markdown