Definition of flaw

"flaw" in the noun sense

1. defect, fault, flaw

an imperfection in an object or machine

"a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"

"if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

2. flaw

defect or weakness in a person's character

"he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless"

3. flaw

an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness

"flaw" in the verb sense

1. flaw, blemish

add a flaw or blemish to make imperfect or defective

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Quotations for flaw

Flaw-seeing eyes, like needle points. [ Lowell ]

True love, like the eye, can bear no flaw. [ Lavater ]

The bells themselves are the best of preachers,
Their brazen lips are learned teachers.
From their pulpits of stone, in the upper air,
Sounding aloft, without crack or flaw.
Shriller than trumpets under the Law,
Now a sermon and now a prayer. [ Longfellow ]

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one. [ Chinese Proverb ]

A woman's character is as delicate as her eye; it can bear no flaw. [ G. A. Sala ]

That philanthropy has surely a flaw in it which cannot sympathise with the oppressor equally as with the oppressed. [ Lowell ]

He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its Cause. [ Beecher ]

The finest composition of human nature, as well as the finest china, may have a flaw in it, and this in either case is equally incurable. [ Fielding ]

flaw in Scrabble®

The word flaw is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters flaw:

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flaw in Words With Friends™

The word flaw is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

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Words within the letters of flaw

2 letter words in flaw (2 words)

3 letter words in flaw (2 words)

4 letter words in flaw (1 word)

flaw + 1 blank (3 words)

flaw + 2 blanks (7 words)

Words containing the sequence flaw

Words that start with flaw (7 words)

Words with flaw in them (2 words)

Words that end with flaw (1 word)

Word Growth involving flaw

Shorter words in flaw

la law

Longer words containing flaw

flawed unflawed

flawing

flawless flawlessly

flawless flawlessness

flaws