scorch

1. 1.

   a surface burn

   Synonymssinge

   Broaderburn
2. 2.

   a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues

   Broaderplant disease

   Narrowerleaf scorch
3. 3.

   a discoloration caused by heat

   Broaderstain

Other forms of scorch

plural

scorches·

past tense

scorched·

present participle

scorching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scorch

What does scorch mean?

scorch means "make very hot and dry". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scorch?

scorch has 1 syllable: scorch. In IPA it is /ˈskɔɹtʃ/.

What is another word for scorch?

Close synonyms include sear, sear, singe, char, blacken. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scorch a common word?

scorch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.