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canker   (TTS Sound)

The noun canker has 3 senses

• canker -- (a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark)


• canker, canker sore -- (an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth))


• pestilence, canker -- (a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst")

The verb canker has 2 senses

• canker -- (become infected with a canker)


• canker -- (infect with a canker)