Meaning of Scraper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An instrument with which anything is scraped.
2. An instrument by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud by drawing them across it.
3. An instrument drawn by oxen, horses or a tractor, similar to a plow, that is used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, building canals, etc.
4. An instrument having two or three sharp sides or edges for cleaning the planks, masts, or decks of a ship.
5. In the printing press, a board or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the tympan sheet, thus producing an impression.
6. A hoe.
7. A tool used by engravers.
8. A prehistoric unifacial tool thought to have been used for hideworking and woodworking.
9. Clipping of bellyscraper.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
10. One who scrapes horns.
11. One who plays a violin incompetently, producing cacophonous sounds.
12. One who acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
13. A cocked hat.
    archaic, colloquial
14. A program or process that scrapes data, such as a screen-scraper.
15. A freshwater fish of the carp family, genus Capoeta.
16. A modified automobile, typically with oversized wheelrims.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“and that in trying to scrape the mud off a very unsteady little shoe, he generally got his leg over the scraper.”

“There is a scraper as well as a mat, and Mrs. Challenger is most particular.”

“A scraper is a large scoop, mounted on pneumatic-tyre wheels, in which earth is collected by a steel cutting-blade at the front, and from which the earth is dumped wherever required. It is operated by the driver of the caterpillar tractor which hauls it.”

“Instead, they made finely crafted bone points to haft onto their spears, reserving the use of flint mostly for blades and scrapers.”

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