shoji
[ shoh-zhee, -jee ]
/ ˈʃoʊ ʒi, -dʒi /
noun, plural sho·ji, sho·jis.
a light screen consisting of a framework of wood covered with paper or other translucent material, used originally in Japanese homes as one of a series of sliding panels between the interior and exterior or between two interior spaces.
Origin of shoji
1875–80; < Japanese
shōji, earlier
shaũji < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese
zhàngzi fence
Words nearby shoji
shogun,
shogun bond,
shogunate,
shoguns,
shohet,
shoji,
sholapur,
sholem aleichem,
sholes,
sholokhov,
sholom
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British Dictionary definitions for shoji
shoji
/ (ˈʃəʊʒiː, -dʒiː) /
noun plural -ji or -jis
a rice-paper screen in a sliding wooden frame, used in Japanese houses as a partition
any similar screen
Word Origin for shoji
C19: from Japanese, from
shō to separate +
ji a piece