Usually means: Flaky skin particles; dandruff residue.
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  1. scurf: Merriam-Webster
  2. scurf: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scurf: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scurf: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scurf: Vocabulary.com
  6. scurf: Wordnik
  7. scurf: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. scurf: Wiktionary
  9. scurf: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. scurf: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. scurf: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. scurf: Dictionary.com
  13. scurf: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Scurf: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Scurf: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. scurf: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. scurf: Rhymezone
  18. Scurf: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. scurf: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. scurf: FreeDictionary.org
  21. scurf: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. scurf: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scurf: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. scurf: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. scurf: Medical dictionary

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  1. scurf: A Word A Day
  2. scurf: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. scurf, scurf, scurf: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. scurf: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scurf)

▸ noun:  A skin disease.
▸ noun:  The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
▸ noun:  Any crust-like formations on the skin, or in general.
▸ noun:  (figurative) The foul remains of anything adherent.
▸ noun:  (botany) Minute membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
▸ noun:  (obsolete, slang) A low, mean person.
▸ noun:  A grey bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).

Similar:
scale, scruff, scall, scarf, scuff, scab, scud, scald, skirrhus, scurrit, more...

Opposite:
smoothness, sleekness, glossiness

Types:
dandruff, flakes, crust, scale, lint, nits, more...

Phrases:
scurf pea, sea scurf, more...

Adjectives:
black, white, thick, dry, glossy, thin, silver, rough, brown, yellow, fine

Colors:
    white,     gray,     beige,     cream,     ivory, more...
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Similar:
scale, scruff, scall, scarf, scuff, scab, scud, scald, skirrhus, scurrit, more...

Opposite:
smoothness, sleekness, glossiness

Types:
dandruff, flakes, crust, scale, lint, nits, more...

Phrases:
scurf pea, sea scurf, more...

Adjectives:
black, white, thick, dry, glossy, thin, silver, rough, brown, yellow, fine

Colors:
    white,     gray,     beige,     cream,     ivory, more...



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