Scraper Definition

skrāpər
scrapers
noun
One that scrapes, especially a tool for scraping off paint or other adherent matter such as ice on a windshield.
American Heritage
An instrument with which anything is scraped.
Wiktionary
An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them across it.
Wiktionary
An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
Wiktionary
An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
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Other Word Forms of Scraper

Noun

Singular:
scraper
Plural:
scrapers

Origin of Scraper

  • scrap + -er

    From Wiktionary

Scraper Sentence Examples

  • A scraper is provided to keep the disk clean and prevent sticking.

  • Use your scraper to remove the softened adhesive.

  • The salt is collected from the surface by means of a sort of wooden scoop or scraper, but in spite of every precaution some of the soil on which it is produced is inevitably taken up with it, communicating a red or grey tint.

  • The typical implements are flint points or spear-heads, left smooth and flat on one side, as struck from the cave, pointed and edged from the other side; a scraper treated in the same way, but with edge rather upon the side than at the end, as in the succeeding Solutrian and Madelenian epochs.

  • If ice has accumulated, use your scraper to remove it.

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Words Starting With

SSCSCR

Words Ending With

RERPER

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