plain

/pleɪn/ adjectivenounverb
5 letters1 syllable7 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS11
ADJECTIVE
1

Not mixed with extraneous elements.

“plain water”

2

Not elaborate or elaborated; simple.

“plain food”

“stuck to the plain facts”

3

Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment.

“made his meaning plain”

“it is plain that he is no reactionary”

4

Free from any effort to soften to disguise.

“the plain and unvarnished truth”

5

Lacking embellishment or ornamentation.

“a plain hair style”

6

Lacking patterns especially in color.

7

Lacking in physical beauty or proportion.

“a plain girl with a freckled face”

NOUN
1

A basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side.

2

Extensive tract of level open land.

“they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain”

VERB
1

Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.

“My mother complains all day”

ADVERB
1

Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly').

“You are plainly wrong”

“he is plain stubborn”

WORD FORMS
Related formplainness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®7 points
Words With Friends®10 points
Double word14 points
Triple word21 points
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Starts & ends withP … N
Syllablesplain
SYNONYMS & RELATED58
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