SCORCH
/skɔːtʃ/
13
Scrabble
14
WWF
S(1) C(3) O(1) R(1) C(3) H(4)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/skɔːtʃ/
noun
- A slight or surface burn.
- A discolouration caused by heat.
- Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi.
verb
- To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
- To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
- (To cause) to become scorched or singed
- To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
- To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
Source: Wiktionary
