SCARF
What does "SCARF" mean?
A length of fabric worn around the neck or head for warmth or decoration.
Meanings
- A strip or square of cloth worn around the neck, head, or shoulders. She wound a wool scarf twice around her neck before stepping out.
- To eat something quickly and greedily, often with 'down'. He scarfed down two sandwiches before the meeting started. informal
- A joint where two pieces of timber or metal are notched and overlapped to join end to end. The shipwright cut a long scarf to splice the two planks. technical
Word origin
The garment 'scarf' likely comes from Old Northern French 'escarpe' ('sash, sling'); the woodworking 'scarf' (joint) is a separate word, probably from a Scandinavian source meaning 'notch'.
Remember it
SCARF = Soft Cloth Around the Roving Frostbite.
A little poem
Knitted all winter-
by spring the scarf reaches you,
warm and out of date.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told the chef I loved his food so much I'd scarf it down. He handed me a napkin - turns out he heard 'scarf' as the dress code.
What it teaches
The same word can wrap your neck or wreck your dinner manners - context does the dressing.
Quick facts
What does SCARF mean?
A length of fabric worn around the neck or head for warmth or decoration.
Is SCARF a valid word?
Yes — SCARF is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SCARF?
SCARF has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SCARF come from?
The garment 'scarf' likely comes from Old Northern French 'escarpe' ('sash, sling'); the woodworking 'scarf' (joint) is a separate word, probably from a Scandinavian source meaning 'notch'.
What can SCARF teach us?
The same word can wrap your neck or wreck your dinner manners - context does the dressing.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.