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Detailed Synonyms for scab in English

scab:

scab [the ~] noun

  1. the scab
    the scab
  2. the scab
    the crust
    – a hard outer layer that covers something 1
    the scab; the rind
  3. the scab
    the scab; the blackleg; the undercutter; the underseller; the non-striker; the willing worker
  4. the scab
    – the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion 1
    the scab
    – the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion 1
  5. the scab
    – someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike 1
    the scab; the rat; the blackleg; the strikebreaker
    – someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike 1

scab verb

  1. scab
    – form a scab 1
    scab
    – form a scab 1
    • scab verb
      • the wounds will eventually scab1
  2. scab
    – take the place of work of someone on strike 1
    scab; rat; blackleg; fink
    – take the place of work of someone on strike 1

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Related Definitions for "scab":

  1. the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion1
  2. someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike1
  3. form a scab1
    • the wounds will eventually scab1
  4. take the place of work of someone on strike1

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