faux
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 4
/fəʊ/
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/fəʊ/ · /foʊ/ · /fɔ/
Definition of faux
3 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Fake or artificial.
“He modernizes the faux-archaic “withouten wind, withouten tide” to the more pointed and concrete “without a breeze, without a tide.””
“Because mahoganies yield a supple fine-grained wood, they are often used as veneer wood. With proper technique and graining tools, all of these variations can be produced in faux wood.”
“Run grapes, either frozen, chilled, or room temperature, through your juicer for an incredible grape faux wine.”
“The pregame crew then showed a pair of faux-Super Bowl ads, including an unnecessarily woke Cheez-It commercial and a Papa John’s ad that fully embraces Pizzagaters.”
“Its faux burgers and sausages were landing on dinner plates in homes throughout the United States and on the menu boards of chans like Subway, Carl’s Jr. and Starbucks.”
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adj
-
(not-comparable)Fake or artificial.
“He modernizes the faux-archaic “withouten wind, withouten tide” to the more pointed and concrete “without a breeze, without a tide.””
“Because mahoganies yield a supple fine-grained wood, they are often used as veneer wood. With proper technique and graining tools, all of these variations can be produced in faux wood.”
“Run grapes, either frozen, chilled, or room temperature, through your juicer for an incredible grape faux wine.”
“The pregame crew then showed a pair of faux-Super Bowl ads, including an unnecessarily woke Cheez-It commercial and a Papa John’s ad that fully embraces Pizzagaters.”
“Its faux burgers and sausages were landing on dinner plates in homes throughout the United States and on the menu boards of chans like Subway, Carl’s Jr. and Starbucks.”
noun
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(form-of, singular)singular of fauces
“[…] the faux of the corolla […]”
“[…] the small door on the right of it is the faux, which also opens upon the peristyle at its further extremity.”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin fallō Latin falsus Old French fals Middle French faulx French fauxubor. English faux Unadapted borrowing from French faux. Doublet of false.
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