scraping

Examples

• All

• Scrap residues include chamber scrapings, spent targets, boats, sandblast media, and rejected parts.

  Academic text (2004)

• While collecting evidence, the officer found several scrapings of paint from the suspect's vehicle.

• I thought maybe I might find some scrapings of skin or hair.

  Payne & Redemption (2022)

• Other restaurants included plate scrapings as well.

  Academic text (1995)

• Okay, while I'm mixing this, I'm scraping the bottom just to try and get some of those bits off.

• In fact, it takes several weeks of scraping slowly, inch by inch, multiple passes to get all of this adhesive off.

• Fusarium solani was isolated from scrapings from skin lesions.

  Academic text (2007)

• Each day, the staff fills approximately 20 tubs with vegetable and meat trimmings, as well as plate scrapings.

  Academic text (1995)

• The archaeologist carefully documented the scrapings of pottery from the ancient site for further analysis.

• Before starting the project, I examined some wood scrapings to understand the type of material used in construction.

Synonyms

S

scrap

vsscraping

179 2.1

A small piece left over or thrown away

is a fragment removed from a surface and kept for analysis or disposal

S

sweeping

vsscraping

2.7

Small pieces of dirt and dust left after cleaning a floor

is a fragment from a surface kept for study not general floor dirt

S

scouring

vsscraping

3.9

Dirt and small bits removed when you scrub something

is a piece taken from a surface by forceful removal for analysis

How Much

to chunk

1 3.2

chip

130 2.1

shaving

• Specialized

16 2.0

scraping

9 4.4

speck

66 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology