DWARF
What does "DWARF" mean?
A mythical short, stocky humanoid; also a small star or anything unusually small for its kind.
Meanings
- A small, often skilled and underground-dwelling humanoid of folklore and fantasy. In the legend, a dwarf forged the king's enchanted sword.
- A star of relatively small size and low luminosity, such as the Sun. Our Sun is a yellow dwarf about halfway through its life. technical
- A plant or animal much smaller than the usual size for its kind. The garden was lined with dwarf apple trees.
- To make something seem small by comparison; to tower over. The new skyscraper dwarfs every building around it.
Did you know?
- Our Sun is technically a dwarf: astronomers classify it as a yellow dwarf, an ordinary main-sequence star rather than a giant.
Word origin
From Old English 'dweorg', a mythical small being, from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Old Norse 'dvergr'; the astronomical and 'tiny variety' senses are later extensions.
Remember it
DWARF starts with DW - 'Down We' go, into the mine where the small smiths work.
A little poem
Small at the forge, yet the spark he strikes
outlasts the tower it later dwarfs-
size is a borrowed word the dark dislikes.
tercet
Wordplay
- Astronomers call the Sun a dwarf. To us it lights up the whole sky - which proves 'small' is just a matter of who's standing nearby.
What it teaches
Small and mighty are not opposites; the smith, the seed, and the Sun are all called dwarfs.
Quick facts
What does DWARF mean?
A mythical short, stocky humanoid; also a small star or anything unusually small for its kind.
Is DWARF a valid word?
Yes — DWARF is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DWARF?
DWARF has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DWARF come from?
From Old English 'dweorg', a mythical small being, from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Old Norse 'dvergr'; the astronomical and 'tiny variety' senses are later extensions.
What can DWARF teach us?
Small and mighty are not opposites; the smith, the seed, and the Sun are all called dwarfs.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.