pawn




pawn - noun

  • an article deposited as security
  • a person used by another to gain an end
  • (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
  • borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan

    • pawn - verb

    • leave as a guarantee in return for money

    pawn - thesaurus

    hock   instrument   soak  


    View spelling list aw words and learn about the word pawn in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 14. Spelling choices for /or/ sound: or, ore, au, aw + war.

    Scrabble score for pawn

    p is 3 a is 1 w is 4 n is 1
    Scrabble score = 9

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