Phrase Hound found 5 phrases and 24 compound words that contain shea. The most common are listed below. Open shea in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 5
- shea butterA slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) by crushing and boiling, widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient, as a cooking oil in West Africa, and …
- shea treeA tree, the source of a fruit with a nutritious flesh and an oil-rich seed which yields shea butter (used in cosmetics), endemic to Africa (Vitellaria paradoxa).
- shea butter treeSynonym of shea: A surname from Irish.
- shea buttersplural of shea butter: A slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) by crushing and boiling, widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient, as a cooking oil in …
- shea treesplural of shea tree: A tree, the source of a fruit with a nutritious flesh and an oil-rich seed which yields shea butter (used in cosmetics), endemic to Africa (Vitellaria paradoxa).
Compound words 24
- shearerA person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
- sheathingSomething that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade.
- sheavesplural of sheave: A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
- shearedsimple past and past participle of shear
- sheatheTo put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
- SheahanA male given name.
- ShearonA surname.
- ShealeyA surname.
- ShearinA surname.
- sheadingAny of the six administrative districts into which the Isle of Man is divided.