Scabs

noun verb

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.

Meaning

  1. (noun) An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
  2. (noun) The scabies.
  3. (noun) The mange, especially when it appears on sheep.
  4. (noun) 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).
  5. (noun) Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies.
  6. (noun) Any one of various more or less destructive fungal diseases that attack cultivated plants, forming dark-colored crustlike spots.
  7. (noun) (founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
  8. (noun) A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
  9. (noun) A worker who acts against trade union policies, especially a strikebreaker.
  10. (verb) To become covered by a scab or scabs.
  11. (verb) To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin.
  12. (verb) To remove part of a surface (from).

Letter breakdown

  • Scabs contains 5 letters: 1 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
  • It uses 4 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 1.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 9.

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What does Scabs mean?

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.

How many letters are in Scabs?

Scabs has 5 letters.

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