[flɔː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object
(e.g: a flaw in the glass)


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Origin:
Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse flaga ‘slab’. The original sense was ‘a flake of snow’, later, ‘a fragment or splinter’, hence ‘a defect or imperfection’ (late 15th century)

[flɔː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- mar, weaken, or invalidate (something)
(e.g: the computer game was flawed by poor programming)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse flaga ‘slab’. The original sense was ‘a flake of snow’, later, ‘a fragment or splinter’, hence ‘a defect or imperfection’ (late 15th century)

[flɔː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a squall of wind; a short storm
(e.g: the ship had turned, caught in a windy flaw)


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Origin:
early 16th century: probably from Middle Dutch vlāghe, Middle Low German vlāge