Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bread and scrape

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: bread- and scrape
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Bread spread with butter or margarine that has been scraped off again so as to leave only a thin layer.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"That's very nicely done indeed, not bread and scrape, nor yet more butter than bread, as some of those wasteful huzzies, the servant girls, cut it."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does bread and scrape mean?: Bread spread with butter or margarine that has been scraped off again so as to leave only a thin layer.

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