gash

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a wound made by cutting
  2. noun a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
  3. noun a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

Etymology

Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”).

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Synonyms

cut, slash, slice

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