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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scrab

/skɹæb/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scrab
IPA
/skɹæb/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To scrape or scratch.

Transitive verb

noun

A crabapple.

Etymology

From Middle French and Old French schrabben (“to scrape, scratch”), from Frankish *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”); compare Old High German skaban, Irish scríobann and sgrìoban.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, schrabben, *skaban, *skabaną, *skabʰ-, scrabbe

Usage

Inflected Forms

scrabs (present, singular) scrabbing (participle, present) scrabbed (participle, past) scrabbed (past) scrabs (plural)

Derived Forms

scrabber

Phrases

scrabbed eggs

Rhymes With

grab lab ab tab cab stab crab slab fab jab dab poor dab

Questions

How do you pronounce scrab?
The recorded pronunciation is /skɹæb/.
What does scrab mean?
To scrape or scratch.
Where does scrab come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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