Word Meaning

pawns definition and meaning

n. See Pan, the masticatory.
n. A man or piece of the lowest rank.
n. Anything delivered or deposited as security, as for the payment of money borrowed, or of a debt; a pledge. See Pledge, n., 1.
n. State of being pledged; a pledge for the fulfillment of a promise.
n. A stake hazarded in a wager.
v. t. To give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as, to pawn one's watch.
v. t. To pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to risk; to wager; to hazard.

Crossword clues for pawns

- Bail
- Cat’s-paw
- Chess piece
- Chesspiece
- Chesspiece used by insignificant player
- He’s manipulated on the board?
- Hock (goods)
- Insignificant player
- Least powerful chessman
- Least-valuable chess piece
- Lowest value chessman
- Pledge for cash
- Chess pieces
- Chessmen
- Hand Poles chesspieces
- Hocks
- Hocks pans, including first wok
- Small chess pieces
- Weakest pieces of the game