Definitions For Offset

noun

  • Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly
  • A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
  • A natural consequence of development
  • A horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
  • A compensating equivalent
  • The time at which something is supposed to begin
  • To cancel or reduce the effect of (something) : to create an equal balance between two things

verb

  • Produce by offset printing
  • Create an offset in
  • Cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface
  • Make up for
  • Compensate for or counterbalance

Is Offset a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
12

The word Offset is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Offset in a Sentence

  • A better performance this time will be an offset to last year's dismal showing
  • Symptoms that were striking for their abrupt onset and their equally abrupt offset
  • Gains in one area offset losses in another.
  • The limited storage space in the house is offset by the large garage.

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