Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: scarf
IPA transcription: [sk'ɑɹf]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: scarf
    Meaning: a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration
Usage examples
  • The scarf was the streak of white.
  • I've got the mitten instead of the scarf.
  • If I decide to forgive I will hang out of that window a white silk scarf.
  • "I thought I would just pop across from the grocer's," she said. "What a pretty scarf, dear!
  • "But you," he said, "with that light dress, and without anything to cover you but that gauze scarf, perhaps you feel cold?"
  • A thick soft scarf--silk it seemed to the touch--was knotted tightly round it, and the end of the scarf ran up to the cross-beam above the bed-posts.
  • The pretty girls and their well-groomed companions of the "Assembly Ball" set liked to stop in there for their rings, brooches, scarf pins or cuff links, and very frequent were the rather languid orders:
  • Then he produced another tribute, a broad soft scarf of filmy texture, rich in color and pattern, a lovely thing, even to my eye, and offered it with a deep bow to the tall unsmiling woman who seemed to head the ranks before him.