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SCRAPER (scraper)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scraper mean? 

SCRAPER (noun)
  The noun SCRAPER has 1 sense:

1. any of various hand tools for scrapingplay

  Familiarity information: SCRAPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCRAPER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various hand tools for scraping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("scraper" is a kind of...):

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

Derivation:

scrape (scratch repeatedly)

scrape (make by scraping)


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