English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 151 of 1086

Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.

To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to crunch.

thin; lean

slight, thin, lean or poor

Hungry.

scrawny

A surname.

Of or relating to Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States.

A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

Alternative form of scrapheap.

scrap merchantnoun

Synonym of scrap dealer.

A book, similar to a notebook or journal, in which personal or family memorabilia and photos are collected and arranged.

scrapbookernoun

A person who scrapbooks.

Resembling or characteristic of a scrapbook.

A box for storing fragments of material or documents etc. that may be of use or interest at a later time.

To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.

To only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself.

To remove something by a scraping action.

scrape someone off the ceilingverb

Used to describe the response to someone who is either experiencing great pain, who is very frightened, or is very elated.

scrape the bottom of the barrelverb

To settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything more favorable.

scrape throughverb

To marginally manage to progress.

To scrape completely; cover all over with scrapes.

scrape-pennynoun

A miser.

Capable of being scraped.

Scraping.

A fiddler.

Without a scrape.

An instrument with which anything is scraped.

scraperboardnoun

scratchboard

second-person singular simple present indicative of scrape

third-person singular simple present indicative of scrape

Alternative spelling of scrapy.

A pile in which junk is discarded.

Miscellaneous short written sketches or other writings.

A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.

Having the disease called scrapie.

The sound or action of something being scraped.

With a scraping sound or motion.

Without a scrap.

A little scrap; a small piece of something.

A scrap dealer.

scrapmongernoun

A scrap dealer.

Shrapnel, especially scraps of metal.

Capable of, or suitable for, being scrapped.

The practice of scrapping something.

simple past and past participle of scrap

A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap dealer.

scrapper; scrap dealer.

In a scrappy manner

scrappinessnoun

The state or quality of being scrappy

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 151. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.

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