English noun: wampum | |||
| 1. | wampum (possession) informal terms for money | ||
| Synonyms | boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | money | ||
| 2. | wampum (artifact) small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency | ||
| Synonyms | peag, wampumpeag | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beads, string of beads | ||