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Word: Stale
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
Middle English (describing beer in the sense ‘clear from long standing, strong’): probably from Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from estaler ‘to halt’; compare with the verb stall
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
steɪl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry
Short Definition:no longer fresh and pleasant to eat
Examples:- stale bread
Word: Stale
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
steɪl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make or become stale
Short Definition:make or become stale
Examples:- she would cut up yesterday's leftover bread, staling now
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