singe
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5.3
- noun
- /sɪndʒ/
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- After cooking dinner, I noticed a slight singe on the edge of the tablecloth from the hot stove.
- singe marks
Examples
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The singe of fire that hangs suspended over Auschwitz will no longer darken the horizon.
Fiction book (1992) -
-Just a slight singe.
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But Mr. Church, he could walk right through her blaze without so much as a singe.
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George watches as, with each new singe, the old man seems terribly pained.
Fiction book (1997) -
-(singes)
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Well, the only thing Manning smelled Sunday night was the pungent aroma of singe marks on the backs of his defenders.
Blog text (1) -
When I returned, those towelled leaves were as brownish, yellowish (with green singes here and there) as one could expect.
Blog text (20) -
The fire left a singe on the wooden beam above, marking where the flames had briefly touched.
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There was a noticeable singe on his shirt from when he leaned too close to the barbecue.
Synonyms
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1.8
An injury to the skin caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or the sun
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2.4
A dark spot on skin or cloth made when something hot touches it
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4.8
A mark where the surface was burned and turned brown
How Burned
Surface Forms
Etymology
Singe as a noun comes from the same old English sengan, meaning 'to burn', and it names the small mark left by that action. That's why a singe is a slight burn or scorch on the surface of something.