noun Download 🔗Share (sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body. Examples : "He returned from war a cripple." human person body condition suffering medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window. Examples : "The carpenter installed the cripples above the window frame to support the wall. " architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Scrapple. Examples : "My grandfather makes cripples every year after butchering the pig, using the leftover bits to create this Pennsylvania Dutch delicacy. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream. Examples : "The loggers carefully navigated the raft through the cripples, avoiding the sharp rocks hidden just below the surface of the rushing water. " geography environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading