Collocations for "stale"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stale" in context.
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stale
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- stale [food, bread, water, fish, ingredients]
- a stale crust (of bread)
- [is, has gone] stale
- went stale after [a day, two days]
- will go stale if left [out, unattended]
- stale and [hard, dry]
- a stale [stench, odor, smell, air]
- the [house, room, gym] has a stale [stench]
- [cracked, made] with stale jokes (about)
- [sick of, fed up with] his stale jokes
- the [comment, story, news, joke] has become stale
- that [joke, story] will never become stale
- stale and [boring, lifeless, dull]
- [my life, our marriage] is stale and [boring]
- their [marriage, relationship] has grown stale
- is in a stale [marriage]
- felt stale about [work, playing, her career]
- the [bread, food] staled
- (will) stale [overnight, in heat, at room temperature]
- [idea, joke] is beginning to stale
'stale' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):