Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scraping at the bottom of the barrel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
scrap-ing at the bot-tom of the bar-rel
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
30
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of scrape at the bottom of the barrel

Questions

What does scraping at the bottom of the barrel mean?
present participle and gerund of scrape at the bottom of the barrel

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