scar
noun/skɑː(r)/
/skɑːr/
- a mark that is left on the skin after a wound has got better
- a scar on his cheek
- Will the operation leave a scar?
- scar tissue
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsc1- She had a long scar running down her face.
- The cut left a permanent scar on his arm.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- large
- long
- …
- leave
- bear
- expose
- …
- remain
- form
- fade
- …
- tissue
- scar on
- a permanent sad or painful feeling that a person is left with after an unpleasant experience
- His years in prison have left deep scars.
- My husband died four years ago and the scar hasn’t healed yet.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- large
- long
- …
- leave
- bear
- expose
- …
- remain
- form
- fade
- …
- tissue
- scar on
- something unpleasant or ugly that damages the appearance or public image of something
- The town still bears the scars of war.
- The countryside still bears the scars of the recent hurricane.
- Racism has been a scar on the game.
- an area of a hill or cliff where there is exposed rock and no grass
- a mile-long limestone scar
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French escharre, via late Latin from Greek eskhara ‘scab’.
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