Flaw Definition

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flaws
noun
flaws
A break, scratch, crack, etc. that spoils something; blemish.
A flaw in a diamond.
Webster's New World
An imperfection, often concealed, that impairs soundness.
A flaw in the crystal that caused it to shatter.
American Heritage
A defect; fault; error.
A flaw in a legal document, in one's reasoning, etc.
Webster's New World
A sudden, brief gust of wind, often with rain or snow; squall.
Webster's New World

A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid.

A flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
verb
flaws
To make or become faulty.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Flaw

Noun

Singular:
flaw
Plural:
flaws

Origin of Flaw

  • From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably from Old Norse flaga (“a flag or slab of stone, flake”), from Proto-Germanic *flagō (“a layer of soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“broad, flat”). Cognate with Icelandic flaga (“flake”), Swedish flaga (“flake, scale”), Danish flage (“flake”), Middle Low German vlage (“a layer of soil”), Old English flōh (“a frament, piece”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English flaue splinter perhaps from Old Norse flaga slab of stone plāk-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably of Scandinavian origin Swedish flaga gust of wind

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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