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Wampum

/ˈwɒmpəm/

Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.

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📖 Definitions of "Wampum"

noun

1
Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
2
A string of such beads.
3
Money.

🔄 Synonyms of "Wampum"

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Word	Definition
peagnoun	Wampum.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wampum"

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Word	Definition
peagnoun	Wampum.
beadsnoun	A beaded necklace.
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.
moolahnoun	Alternative spelling of moola (“money”). [(informal) Money, cash.]
moolanoun	(informal) Money, cash.
indiannoun	(countable) A person from India.
beltsnoun	(clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
wampumpeagnoun	(obsolete except historical) Synonym of wampum (“small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping”).
wompamnoun	Alternative form of wampum (beads). [(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.]
porcelainnoun	(usually uncountable) A hard white translucent ceramic, originally made by firing kaolin, quartz, and feldspar at high temperatures but now also inclusive of similar artificial materials; also often (figurative) such a material as a symbol of the fragility, elegance, etc. traditionally associated with porcelain goods.
peaknoun	The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
beadnoun	A small, round object with a hole to allow it to be threaded on a cord or wire, particularly for decorative purposes.
pukanoun	A small, usually perforated, wave- and beach-polished shell fragment formed from the spire of a cone, found along beaches of Pacific islands, and used especially to make necklaces.
beadletnoun	A small bead
pearlnoun	(literally) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.
capiznoun	The shell of this mollusk used in window panes and jewelry.
waddynoun	(colloquial) A cowboy.
hair pipenoun	A type of long, cylindrical bead from North America used in the creation of personal adornments, principally by Native Americans.
ben wa ballnoun	(chiefly in the plural) Either of a pair of marble-sized metal or plastic balls, usually hollow and containing a small weight that rolls around, used for vaginal or anal sexual stimulation.
anal bead	A sex toy consisting of several small balls attached together in series which are one by one inserted into and removed from the rectum.