Meaning & use
scarecrow
A human-shaped figure set up in a field to frighten birds away from crops.
See it in a sentence
The farmer dressed the scarecrow in an old coat and hat to guard the cornfield.
Crows soon learned the scarecrow posed no real threat and ignored it.
A note on using this word
Scarecrow is sometimes used figuratively to describe a thin, ragged-looking person.
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