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scarfs

noun

Meaning

  1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
  2. A headscarf.
  3. A neckcloth or cravat.
  4. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
  5. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
  6. A type of joint in woodworking.
  7. A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.
  8. A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.
  9. To shape by grinding.
  10. To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, forming a "V" groove for welding adjacent metal plates, metal rods, etc.
  11. To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
  12. To eat very quickly.
  13. A cormorant.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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