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sunscald

sunscald noun: localized damage to the tissues of trees or their fruits caused by bright sunlight.

Noun

sunscald (uncountable)

  1. Localized damage to the tissues of trees or their fruits caused by bright sunlight.
    Synonyms:
    sunburn

Verb

sunscald (third-person singular simple present sunscalds, present participle sunscalding, simple past and past participle sunscalded)

  1. (intransitive) To suffer such damage.
    Synonyms:
    sunburn

Synonyms of sunscald

Forms of sunscald

third-person singular presentsunscalds
present participlesunscalding
past participlesunscalded
pastsunscalded

Origin of sunscald

From sun + scald.

Questions about sunscald

What does sunscald mean?
Sunscald means localized damage to the tissues of trees or their fruits caused by bright sunlight.
What part of speech is sunscald?
Sunscald can be a noun or a verb.

Words near sunscald in the dictionary

  1. sunroots
  2. sunrose
  3. sunroses
  4. suns
  5. suns up
  6. sunscald
  7. sunscalded
  8. sunscalding
  9. sunscalds
  10. sunscreen
  11. sunscreened

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