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Schal — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flat adj Level and even, with no slope, bumps, or curves.
  • scarf noun A long piece of fabric worn around the neck, head, or shoulders for warmth or style.
  • shawl noun A piece of fabric worn over the shoulders, neck, or head, especially by women.
  • stale adj No longer fresh; dried out or gone off, especially food or drink.
  • vapid adj Lacking any interest, energy, or flavor; dull and unremarkable.
  • wrap verb To cover something completely by folding material around it.

Senses

Schal is used for these senses in English:

  • flat (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
  • scarf A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.
  • shawl A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. [from 1662]
  • stale No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.
  • wrap (chiefly, in plural, now, rare) An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.

flat — full definition

  1. adj Level and even, with no slope, bumps, or curves.
  2. adj Unchanging or without variation, especially in sales, tone, or energy.
  3. adj Of a tyre, deflated, usually because of a puncture.
  4. adj Of a drink, having lost its fizz.
  5. adj In music, lower in pitch than the correct note, or (of a written note) lowered by a semitone.

scarf — full definition

  1. noun A long piece of fabric worn around the neck, head, or shoulders for warmth or style.
  2. verb (informal) To eat something very quickly.

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