Word a Day
spoil
What does spoil mean?
spoil (verb): to go bad; to become sour or rancid; to decay.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use spoil in a sentence?
- The meat must be eaten before it spoils. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce spoil?
/spɔɪl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does spoil come from?
From Middle English spoilen, spuylen, borrowed from Old French espoillier, espollier, espuler, from Latin spoliō, spoliāre (“pillage, ruin, spoil”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to spoil
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “spoil” mean?
to go bad; to become sour or rancid; to decay
Right! That's what “spoil” means.
acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing
Not quite: that's what apologize means.
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
Not quite: that's what suggest means.
to speak of; to refer to; to name; to specify
Not quite: that's what mention means.
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