Defenition of the word scab

• Defenition of the word scab

  • An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
  • the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
  • take the place of work of someone on strike
  • form a scab; of wounds
  • someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
  • form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab"
  • form a scab

Synonyms for the word scab

• • blackleg
  • casing
  • cicatrize
  • coating
  • covering
  • film
  • layer
  • outer layer
  • outside
  • rascal
  • rat
  • scab over
  • scoundrel
  • shell
  • skin
  • strikebreaker
  • top

Similar words in the scab

• • scab
  • scab's
  • scabbard
  • scabbard's
  • scabbards
  • scabbed
  • scabbier
  • scabbiest
  • scabbing
  • scabby
  • scabies
  • scabies's
  • scabrous
  • scabs

Meronymys for the word scab

• • cutis
  • skin
  • tegument

Hyponyms for the word scab

• • eschar

Hypernyms for the word scab

• • do work
  • heal
  • solid body substance
  • work
  • worker

Idioms for the word scab

• • tomato scab
  • ingot scab

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