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Synonyms for sheath

The synonym for sheath recorded in this bank is scabbard, in the sense "a covering case for the blade of a knife or sword". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line

The synonym for sheath

scabbardnoun, in the sense "a covering case for the blade of a knife or sword"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and sheath carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineObjects

a covering case for the blade of a knife or sword

He slid the sword back into its sheath with a metallic click.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

scabbard

Same sentence, swapped: He slid the sword back into its scabbard with a metallic click.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

holster
harness
quiver

Where sheath turns up in the game

sheath is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play sheath

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sheath reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sheath carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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