Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outscrape

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
outscrape
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To escape

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To scrape out

Transitive verb

verb

To scrape better than; exceed or outdo in scraping

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From out- + scrape, or possibly continuing Middle English outscrapen (“to remove, erase”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

outscrapes (present, singular) outscraping (participle, present) outscraped (participle, past) outscraped (past)

Questions

What does outscrape mean?
To escape
Where does outscrape come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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