skirt

/skɝt/

nounverbskirt

Think: “SKate in a skIRt” — SK + IR + T spells skirt.

Yes, it's skirt. Remember the vowel is IR (like in “bird”): sk + ir + t.

Definitions

  1. nounA piece of clothing that hangs from the waist, worn mainly by girls and women.
  2. nounThe edge or outer part of something.
  3. verbTo go around the edge of something; to avoid going through the middle.

Examples

  • “She wore a blue skirt to the school concert.”
  • “We followed the path that skirts the lake.”
  • “Tall grass grew around the skirt of the hill.”

Synonyms

hemborderedgeavoidcircumvent

Antonyms

confrontfaceapproach

Translations

ES faldaPT saiaFR jupe

Common misspellings

skertskritskurtskirtteskirrttskirttskirt skírt

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