Shofar
/ˈʃəʊ̯fə/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A ram’s-horn trumpet, used for Jewish ritual purposes. Judaism
"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."
- 2 an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From the Hebrew שׁוֹפָר (shofár, “shofar”).