rash
noun /ræʃ/
/ræʃ/
- [countable, usually singular] an area of red spots on a person’s skin, caused by an illness or a reaction to something
- I woke up covered in a rash.
- I come out in a rash (= a rash appears on my skin) if I eat chocolate.
- The sun brought her out in (= caused) an itchy rash.
- a heat rash (= caused by heat)
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc1- He has a slight rash on his chest.
- Some pesticides can cause rashes and burns.
- The rash most commonly appears on the back.
- When I'm stressed I break out in a rash.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- skin
- itchy
- red
- …
- have
- break out in
- come out in
- …
- appear
- come out
- develop
- …
- rash on
- [singular] rash (of something) a lot of something; a series of unpleasant things that happen over a short period of time synonym spate
- a rash of movies about life in prison
- Rising prices are the result of the recent rash of strikes in the steel industry.
- There has been a rash of burglaries in the area over the last month.
Word Originnoun early 18th cent.: probably related to Old French rasche ‘eruptive sores’; compare with Italian raschia ‘itch’.