Meaning

7 senses
  1. A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.

    Schal

    шарфšarf, кашне́kašnɛ́, шальšalʹ

    шарфšarf, ша́ликšályk, кашне́kašné

    a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration

  2. A headscarf.

  3. (dated)A neckcloth or cravat.

  4. (transitive)A type of joint in woodworking, formed by two shaped ends that fit into or onto each other.

  5. (transitive)A groove on one side of a sewing machine needle.

  6. (transitive)A dip or notch or cut made in the trunk of a tree to direct its fall when felling.

  7. (Scotland, transitive)A cormorant.

Examples

217 sentences
  1. I bought a scarf for Mary.

    Я купив Мері шарф. — deniko

  2. She has a scarf around her neck.

    У неї шарф навколо шиї. — ChickenKiev

    ruУ неё на шее шарф. — odexed

  3. Where did you get that orange scarf?

    Звідки у тебе цей оранжевий шарф? — deniko

    ruОткуда у тебя этот оранжевый шарф? — Wezel

    deWoher hast du dieses orangene Halstuch? — raggione

  4. Don't you like my yellow scarf?

    Хіба тобі не подобається мій жовтий шарф? — deniko

    ruТебе не нравится мой жёлтый шарф? — marafon

  5. Where did you buy that scarf?

    Де ти купив цей шарф? — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
long garment worn around the neck:
Русский
By meaning 1
long garment worn around the neck:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
long garment worn around the neck:

Origin

Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse s

Probably from Old Northern French escarpe (compare Old French escharpe (“pilgrim's purse suspended from the neck”), which see). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of scrip.

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old Norse skarfr, derivative of skera (“to cut”).

From Old Norse skarfr.

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Forms

plural: scarves / scarfs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end:scarf joint

Word family

16 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • a scarf for
  • blue scarf
  • bought a scarf
  • scarf around

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scarf — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto