nounWord forms: plural-fars, -phars, -froth or -phroth (Hebrew -ˈfrɔt)
Judaism
a ram's horn sounded in the synagogue daily during the month of Elul and repeatedly on Rosh Hashanah, and by the ancient Israelites as a warning, summons, etc
Word origin
from Hebrew shōphār ram's horn
shofar in American English
(ˈʃoʊfər; ˈʃoʊˌfɑr; Hebrew ʃɔˈfɑʀ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈshofars or Hebrew shoˈfrot (ʃɔˈfʀoʊt)
a ram's horn used in ancient times as a signaling trumpet, and still blown in synagogues on Rosh Hashana and at the end of Yom Kippur