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stale
Meaning: no longer fresh
stale in a sentence
How stale is used in real sentences:
The crackers tasted stale after the bag was left open.
A musty smell came from the stale cereal in the open box.
“Before it opened, bread sometimes tasted stale after flour traveled slowly over rough roads.”
— from the passage A Waterway Opens
Synonyms for stale
Other words for stale — old, musty and dry — carry the same meaning.
- old
- musty
- dry
Antonyms of stale
Words that mean the opposite of stale:
- fresh
- new
Where it comes from
From Old French estale 'standing still'
Memory hook
Stale snacks stayed out too long.