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Flaw

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
flɔː

Definitions

  1. A flake, fragment, or shiver.
  2. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
  3. A thin cake, as of ice.
  4. A storm of short duration.
  5. A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
  6. A sudden burst of noise and disorder
  7. A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
  8. An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
  9. A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.

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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.
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