overscale
overscale adjective: out of scale; much too large for the context in which it exists.
Adjective
overscale (not comparable)
- Out of scale; much too large for the context in which it exists
- A wildly overscale concrete canopy juts over the main entry plaza.2007 October 28, Nicolai Ouroussoff, “Where Gods Yearn for Long-Lost Treasures”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- overscaled
Synonyms of overscale
Origin of overscale
From over- + scale.
Words that rhyme with overscale
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- veil
- pale
- avail
- wale
- whale
- bail
- hail
- yale
- bale
- snail
- travail
- brail
- exhale
- frail
- jail
- prevail
- swale
- vail
- wail
- derail
- dwale
- entail
- flail
- Gail
- gayle
- impale
- kale
- quail
- regale
- spale
- thumbnail
- white whale
- ale
- curtail
- drail
- gale
- inhale
- retail
- shale
- tael
- unveil
- ail
- all hail
- assail
- ayel
- beyond the pale
- braille
- cakes and ale
Questions about overscale
- What does overscale mean?
- Overscale means out of scale; much too large for the context in which it exists.
- What part of speech is overscale?
- Overscale is an adjective.
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