delf
Noun
- Another name for delftware, a type of glazed earthenware.
- an excavation; usually a quarry or mine
- A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
- A charge representing a square sod of turf, traditionally taking the form of a simple square (e.g. in the middle of an escutcheon), although modernly sometimes represented with the grass in profile.
- Alternative form of delft (“style of earthenware”).
Examples
- Finding DELF in a word game can be as rare as finding an antique piece of the pottery itself.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English delf, delve, dælf (“a quarry, clay pit, hole; an artificial watercourse, a canal, a ditch, a trench; a grave; a pitfall”), from Old English delf, ġedelf (“delving, digging”) and dælf (“that which is dug, delf, ditch”), from Proto-West Germanic *delban (“to dig”), from Proto-Germanic *delbaną (“to dig”). More at delve.
Scrabble Score: 8
delf: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddelf: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
delf: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
delf: valid Words With Friends Word