Complete Definition of "shofar"

English

Etymology
From the Hebrew ש�פר (shofar, horn).

Pronunciation
IPA|/'���f�/

Noun
en-noun|shofroth

  1. Judaism a ram�s-horn trumpet

#:*1985: Thaddeus the fluteplayer had, it seems, found a ram�s horn or shofar, and he was blowing this not in the normal manner of an angry summons but so as to produce a melody of four notes, like a camp call to dinner or parade. � Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked

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