💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shekel"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| breadnoun | (uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals. |
| cabbagenoun | An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. |
| dineronoun | (slang) Money. |
| doughnoun | A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked. |
| geltnoun | (originally UK, especially thieves' cant and Polari, later Judaism and general slang) Money. |
| kalenoun | An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) |
| lootnoun | (slang) Synonym of money. |
| lucrenoun | Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner. |
| moolahnoun | Alternative spelling of moola (“money”). [(informal) Money, cash.] |
| pelfnoun | (uncountable, chiefly derogatory, dated) Money, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon. |
| scalenoun | An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of assigning a magnitude. |
| nisnoun | A nix; a hobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house. |
| sheqelnoun | Alternative spelling of shekel. [A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.] |
| agoranoun | A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece. |
| new sheqelnoun | Alternative form of new shekel. [(numismatics) The Israeli currency since 1 January 1986 (distinguished from the abolished 1980-1985 shekel). Divided into 100 agorot and represented by ₪. In English, also represented by the initialism NIS (for "New Israeli Shekel"). ISO 4217 code: ILS.] |
| new shekelnoun | (numismatics) The Israeli currency since 1 January 1986 (distinguished from the abolished 1980-1985 shekel). Divided into 100 agorot and represented by ₪. In English, also represented by the initialism NIS (for "New Israeli Shekel"). ISO 4217 code: ILS. |
| bekanoun | an ancient Biblical unit of weight, half a shekel |
| liranoun | The basic unit of currency in Turkey. |
| manehnoun | An obsolete Middle Eastern unit of weight, the mina. |
| gerahnoun | (historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel. |
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