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scab
/skæb/
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noun
- An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
- The scabies.
- The mange, especially when it appears on sheep.
- Any of several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by streptomyces bacteria (but formerly believed to be caused by a fungus).
- Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies.
- Any one of various more or less destructive fungal diseases that attack cultivated plants, forming dark-colored crustlike spots.
- (founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
- A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
- A worker who acts against trade union policies, especially a strikebreaker.
verb
- To become covered by a scab or scabs.
- To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin.
- To remove part of a surface (from).
- To act as a strikebreaker.
- To beg (for), to cadge or bum.
"I scabbed some money off a friend."
Word Statistics
Letter Count4 letters
Syllables1 syllable
Difficulty Level
Easy
Word FrequencyStandard
Vowel Count1 vowels
Consonant Count3 consonants
Letter Analysis & Structure
First LetterS
Last LetterB
Letter Breakdown
S
C
A
B
Game Compatibility & Validity
Valid English Word
Available in Smotix Dictionary
Suitable for Vocabulary Learning
Compatible with 4-Letter Wordle & Random Wordle
Compatible with Random Wordle (4–8 Letters)
Suitable for Timed Rush & Category Wordle
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