1
[ adjective ] showing deterioration from age

Examples

"stale bread"

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

The water was warm and stale and had a brackish taste .

Related terms

fresh limp bad cold moldy day-old addled rancid hard flyblown old unoriginal staleness

2
[ adjective ] lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

Synonyms

old moth-eaten

Examples

"moth-eaten theories about race"

Related terms

unoriginal

3
[ adjective ] no longer new; uninteresting

Synonyms

cold

Examples

"cold (or stale) news"

Related terms

old

4
[ verb ] urinate, of cattle and horses

Related terms

make

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Rhymes with

tale tail foxtail horsetail detail curtail entail whitetail coattail detail telltale whitetail retail dovetail cocktail folktale fantail whitetail fairytale ponytail

Phonetic and Homophones

S T EY1 L staehle

Similar Spelling

Staley style Stall steal stole stele Stile Stolle Steele Stehle Stille Stelle Stahley Stilley st_leo_i stael Stell still stela Steil Stohl Steel Stoll stool Stull Stahl stilly steely Stelly Stella Stowell

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