Usually means: Traditional Native American shell bead currency.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Easter eggs (New!)
We found 33 dictionaries that define the word wampum:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. wampum: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wampum: Merriam-Webster
  3. wampum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wampum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wampum: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wampum: Vocabulary.com
  7. Wampum, wampum: Wordnik
  8. wampum: Wiktionary
  9. wampum: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. wampum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. wampum: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. wampum: Dictionary.com
  13. wampum: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Wampum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Wampum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. wampum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. wampum: Rhymezone
  18. Wampum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. wampum: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. WAMPUM: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  21. wampum: FreeDictionary.org
  22. wampum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. wampum: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wampum: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. WAMPUM, WAMPUM, WAMPUM: Terminology and Descriptions of Geneaological Words
  2. WAMPUM: Acronym Finder
  3. wampum: A Word A Day

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. wampum: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. wampum: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See wampums as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (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.
noun:  (uncountable, slang) Money.
noun:  (countable, obsolete) Short for wampum snake (“the common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)”) [(obsolete) The common kingsnake or eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula).]

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Word origin

Words similar to wampum

Usage examples for wampum

Idioms related to wampum

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing wampum

Words that often appear near wampum

Rhymes of wampum

Invented words related to wampum

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux