jorum
Plural: jorums
Noun
- A large drinking bowl or a quantity of drink.
- a large drinking bowl
- A large vessel for drinking (usually alcoholic beverages).
- The contents, or quantity of the contents, of such a vessel.
- A large quantity.
- An unlikely word that a cryptic crossword solver constructs from the wordplay and crossing letters only to discover that it actually exists in the dictionary.
Examples
- After a long Scrabble game, a JORUM of tea was just what the player needed.
Origin / Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from the Hebrew name of Joram, who “brought with him [to King David] vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass” (Bible (King James Version), 2 Samuel 8:10; compare Jeroboam); or from Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, “earthen receptacle”).
Scrabble Score: 14
jorum: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjorum: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jorum: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
jorum: valid Words With Friends Word