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Showing words for SCARVES using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Scarves

crevass, scarves

6 Letter Words for Scarves

caress, carses, carves, cavers, crases, craves, escars, savers, scares, scraes, seracs, varecs

5 Letter Words for Scarves

acers, acres, arces, avers, cares, carse, carve, caser, cases, casse, caver, caves, ceras, cesar, crass, crave, cress, escar, races, rasse, raves, sacre, saver, saves, scare, scars, scase, scrae, sears, serac, varec, vares, vases, versa

4 Letter Words for Scarves

acer, aces, acre, arcs, ares, asse, aver, aves, care, cars, case, cass, cave, ceas, cera, cess, cres, ears, eras, esca, race, rave, recs, revs, sacs, sare, sars, save, scar, sear, seas, secs, sers, serv, srac, svce, vacs, vaes, vare, vars, vase, vera, vers

3 Letter Words for Scarves

ace, aer, aes, arc, are, ars, ase, ass, ave, car, cav, cer, crs, cva, ear, eas, era, ers, esc, esr, ess, ras, rea, rec, res, rev, sac, sar, sav, scr, sea, sec, ser, sse, svc, vac, vae, var, vas, vcr, ver, vss

Definitions for Scarves

[1] a plural of scarf1.
[2] a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
[3] a necktie or cravat with hanging ends.
[4] a long cover or ornamental cloth for a bureau, table, etc.
[5] to cover or wrap with or as if with a scarf.
[6] to use in the manner of a scarf.
[7] a tapered or otherwise-formed end on each of the pieces to be assembled with a scarf joint.
[8] Whaling . a strip of skin along the body of the whale.
[9] to assemble with a scarf joint.
[10] to form a scarf on (the end of a timber).
[11] Steelmaking . to burn away the surface defects of (newly rolled steel).
[12] Whaling . to make a groove in and remove (the blubber and skin).
[13] a plural of scarf 1
[14] a rectangular, triangular, or long narrow piece of cloth worn around the head, neck, or shoulders for warmth or decoration
[15] to wrap with or as if with a scarf
[16] to use as or in the manner of a scarf
[17] Also called: scarf joint , scarfed joint a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
[18] the end of a piece of timber shaped to form such a joint
[19] NZ a wedge-shaped cut made in a tree before felling, to determine the direction of the fall
[20] whaling an incision made along a whale's body before stripping off the blubber
[21] to join (two pieces of timber) by means of a scarf
[22] to make a scarf on (a piece of timber)
[23] to cut a scarf in (a whale)

Words related to Scarves

shawl, stole, bandanna, kerchief, ascot, neckwear, wrapping, boa

Words nearby Scarves

scarph, scarron, scarry, scarsdale, scart, scarves, scary, scat, scat singing, scat-, scatback

Origin of Scarves

f21490–1500; < Old Norse skarfr (derivative of skera to cut) end cut from a beam (hence perhaps a piece of cloth cut off, i.e., scarf1); compare Swedish skarv patch

Other words from Scarves

scarf·less , adjective
scarf·like , adjective
scarf·er , noun

Word origin for Scarves

fC14: probably from Scandinavian; compare Norwegian skarv, Swedish skarf, Low German, Dutch scherf scarf 1

Synonyms for Scarves

bandanna, shawl, stole, ascot, boa, kerchief, neckwear, wrapping