gash
noun /ɡæʃ/
/ɡæʃ/
- gash (in/on something) a long deep cut in the surface of something, especially a person’s skin
- He needed an operation to close a nasty gash in his arm.
- The explosion left a wide gash in the rock.
Extra Examples- The accident left a deep gash in his leg.
- The bulldozers carved a great gash through the forest.
- The rocks tore a long gash in the ship's hull.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- great
- …
- get
- have
- cut
- …
Word OriginMiddle English garse, from Old French garcer ‘to chap, crack’, perhaps based on Greek kharassein ‘sharpen, scratch, engrave’. The current spelling is recorded from the mid 16th cent.