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flaw

Best crossword clue

"Imperfection or defect"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /flɔː/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aflwStarts with FEnds with W2 cluesCommon crossword word
1F2L3A4W

Definitions

  1. add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

Word origin

From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably from Old Norse flaga (“a flag or slab of stone, flake”), from Proto-Germanic *flagō (“a layer of soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *plok- (“broad, flat”).

Used in a sentence

  • There is a flaw in that knife.
  • That vase has a flaw.
  • This heart / Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Imperfection or defect4 letters
02Imperfection4 letters

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