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Word: stale (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Having lost its freshness from age. Stale food, for instance, is food which is still edible but has lost its deliciousness.
  • No longer new; no longer interesting; established; old; as, stale news, a stale joke, etc.

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Noun:

  • obsolete Any trap or lure.
  • obsolete A bird used as a decoy to trap other birds.
  • obsolete A division of armed men posted in a specific place, either for an ambush or for other reasons.
  • obsolete A low class of prostitute (originally used as a decoy by other criminals).
  • obsolete An ambush.
  • obsolete A person's position, especially in a battle-line.

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