Flaw
Definitions
- A flake, fragment, or shiver.
- A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
- A thin cake, as of ice.
- A storm of short duration.
- A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
- A sudden burst of noise and disorder
- A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
- An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
- A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
Equivalents
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Examples
“There is a flaw in that knife.”
“That vase has a flaw.”
“This heart / Shall break⟳ into a hundred thousand flaws.”
“Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?”
“a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute”
“And snow⟳ and haile and stormie gust and flaw”
“Yniol with that hard message went; it fell, / Like⟳ flaws in summer laying lusty corn: […]”
“And deluges of armies from the town / Come⟳ pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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