Synonyms for chilblain
- noun
Definitions
- n. 1
An itchy purple red inflammation of the skin, especially of the hands, feet and ears, occurring when capillaries below the skin are damaged by exposure to cold weather (but do not freeze, which would lead to frostbite instead).
Related words
- Other spellings
- chillblain
Forms
- Plural
- chilblains → frostbites, pernios, kibes…
Example sentences
- frostbite If you go out in weather like this, you risk frostbite.
By length
- 4 letters
- kibe
- 6 letters
- pernio
- 9 letters
- frostbite2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (frostbite2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- engelure
- Deutsch
- Frostbeule