scurf

Other forms of scurf

plural

scurfs·

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 scurf

What does scurf mean?

scurf means "(botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scurf?

scurf has 1 syllable: scurf.

What is another word for scurf?

Close synonyms include scale, exfoliation. 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 scurf a common word?

scurf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.