ско́лок

rare #43805

nounmasculineinanimatecountable

1.
(rare) chip, splinter, fragment
На полу лежал ско́лок стекла.
A splinter of glass lay on the floor.
Usually of stone, ice or glass.
2.
(rare) copy, replica, imitation
Его рома́н — бле́дный ско́лок классики.
His novel is a pale copy of the classics.
Often disparaging: a weak imitation of an original.
3.
(rare) tracing, pattern, blueprintneedlework
Кружевни́ца рабо́тает по ско́лку.
The lacemaker works from a pattern.
Especially the pricked pattern a lacemaker works from.

Examples

Его роман — лишь бледный сколок известной книги.
His novel is merely a pale imitation of a famous book.
Бабушка вязала кружево по старому сколку.
Grandmother knitted lace using an old pattern.
На полу лежал сколок разбитой чашки.
A shard from a broken cup lay on the floor.