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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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