Usually means: Mark left after wound heals.
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We found 48 dictionaries that define the word scar:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. scar: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scar: Merriam-Webster
  3. scar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scar, scar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. scar: Collins English Dictionary
  6. scar: Vocabulary.com
  7. Scar, scar, scar, scar: Wordnik
  8. scar: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. scar: Wiktionary
  10. scar: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. scar: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. scar: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. SCAR, S.Car: Dictionary.com
  14. scar (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. scar: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. SCAR (disambiguation), SCAR, Scar (Battlestar Galactica), Scar (Cylon), Scar (Disney), Scar (Disney character), Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist), Scar (Joe Henry album), Scar (Lush album), Scar (The Lion King), Scar (The Lion King character), Scar (comics), Scar (disambiguation), Scar (film), Scar (physics), Scar (song), Scar, The Scar (novel), The Scar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Scar: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. scar: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. scar: Rhymezone
  20. scar: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. scar: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. SCAR: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. scar: FreeDictionary.org
  24. scar: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. scar: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. scar: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scar: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. scar: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  5. National MCH Center for Child Death Review (No longer online)
  6. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  7. Scar: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  8. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Skin Cancer Information (No longer online)
  10. scar: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SCAR: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. scar: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. SCAR: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SCAR: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
noun:  (by extension) A permanent negative effect on someone's mind, caused by a traumatic experience.
noun:  Any permanent mark resulting from damage.
verb:  (transitive) To mark the skin permanently.
verb:  (intransitive) To form a scar.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.
noun:  A cliff or rock outcrop.
noun:  A rock in the sea breaking out from the surface of the water.
noun:  A bare rocky place on the side of a hill or mountain.
noun:  A marine food fish, the scarus or parrotfish (family Scaridae).

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