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Definition: Scraper |
ScraperNoun1. Any of various hand tools for scraping. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scraper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1670. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | For coating machines, roller printing or screen printing machines. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A scraper for cleaning out a shothole. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A double-drum winch with two steel ropes; the tail rope passes round a pulley or tail sheave at one end of the face or road, brought back and attached to the scraper bucket; the pull rope is coupled directly to the front end of the bucket, which is hauled forward and digs into the loose coal or stone until full and then rides to the discharge point; when empty, the bucket is drawn back by the tail rope. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A. A rod for cleaning out a shothole prior to charging with explosives. See also:stemmer; spoon b. A mechanical contrivance used at collieries to scrape the culm or slack along a trough to the place of deposit. c. A machine used in mines for loading cars and transporting ore or waste for short distances. There are two basic types of scraper: (1) the hoe or open type, which is particularly suitable for moving coarse, lumpy ore; and (2) the box or closed type, which is particularly suited for handling fine material, esp. on a loading slide. Syn:box scraper d. A digging, hauling, and grading machine having a cutting edge, a carrying bowl, a movable front wall (apron), and a dumping or ejecting mechanism. Also called carrying scraper or pan e. An apparatus used to take up coal from the floor of a mine, after it has been shot, and deposit it either in cars or in a conveyor. See:spoon f. A rubber-tired device used to move earth in surface mining g. See:carryall h. See:poker man i. The name applied to a bowl scraper or a multibucket excavator. Alsoknown as a scraper excavator. (references) | |
Occupations | Works in underground or surface mine, pit, or quarry, or at tipple, mill, or preparation plant, performing any combination of following tasks: Cleans working areas and haulage tracks; digs and maintains drainage ditches; or shovels muck, ore, coal, or rock aside, into cars, or onto conveyors. Pushes loaded mine cars from working face to haulage road and couples cars together for transportation to surface. Positions and adjusts bits on drill shaft and places cables, jacks, roof bolts, and related equipment in specified locations. Trims protrusions from walls and roofs of underground passageways and rooms. Strips (cleans) residue of rock and dirt from exposed coal, ore, or rock formations. Loads, separates, or sorts materials at working face, using shovel or wheelbarrow. Throws calcium or salt around interiors of railroad cars to prevent coal or ore from freezing to cars during winter. May be known according to specific work performed as Car Cleaner (mine & quarry); Car Salter (mine & quarry); Loader (mine & quarry); Mucker (mine & quarry); Shoveler (mine & quarry); Stripper (mine & quarry); Trimmer (mine & quarry). (references) |
| Scrapes metal workpieces with handtools to smooth machine ways, surface plates, and bearing surfaces to ensure free action of parts: Positions workpiece on worktable, in vise, or in fixture, and secures it with clamps and wrenches. Files and grinds burrs from workpiece. Applies pigment to surface plate with brush, cloth, or sponge. Positions workpiece and surface plate against each other, rubs one surface against other to determine high spots. Selects hand scraper and scrapes workpiece surface to remove high spots indicated by pigment pattern. Repeats operation until pigment pattern is even over work surface. May inspect workpiece for conformity to specifications, using such instruments as dial indicator, height gauge, master, surface plate, and gauge blocks. May use powered hand scraper. May polish and buff steel articles, using portable polisher or buffing brush [POLISHER AND BUFFER (any industry) II]. (references) | |
| Cleans and finishes bisque ware by hand preparatory to glazing: Examines ware for visible defects. Fills cracks, pinholes, and scratches with liquid clay, using brush. Grinds down rough spots with abrasive stones, smooths ware surfaces with sandpaper, and cleans ware with airhose. Holds surface of earthenware against sanding wheel to remove warps, grog (clay fragments), and scratches. Verifies dimensional accuracy of ware to ensure correct fit of lids on such items as compotes and teapots, using templates. Discards substandard pieces. (references) | |
| Saws and grinds gates and flash from castings of novelty jewelry and trophy figurines: Starts bandsaw and positions casting against revolving blade to cut off gate. Scrapes off flash and smooths rough surfaces, using belt-sanding machine, rotary file, and hand knife. (references) | |
Personal Care & Hotels | A rubber or plastic kitchen implement designed to scrape food from dishes and cooking utensils before washing them. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | A scraper is a drilling tool used to remove cement, burrs, other debris and imperfections from inside casing, and preserve a clear, smooth bore(1). Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | SCRAPER. A fiddler; also one who scrapes plates for mezzotinto prints. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Scraper is a town located in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 475.Geography
Scraper is located at 36°0'24" North, 94°52'42" West (36.006715, -94.878217)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 133.6 km² (51.6 mi²). 133.6 km² (51.6 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 475 people, 189 households, and 137 families residing in the town. The population density is 3.6/km² (9.2/mi²). There are 232 housing units at an average density of 1.7/km² (4.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 59.37% White, 1.26% African American, 32.42% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.84% from other races, and 5.89% from two or more races. 1.47% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 189 households out of which 28.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.8% are married couples living together, 9.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% are non-families. 24.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.51 and the average family size is 2.96. In the town the population is spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 81.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $29,018, and the median income for a family is $35,313. Males have a median income of $26,111 versus $24,500 for females. The per capita income for the town is $12,770. 13.2% of the population and 10.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.9% are under the age of 18 and 9.1% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Scraper, Oklahoma."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Summit | Topgallant mast, sky scraper; quarter deck, hurricane deck. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Scraper |
| English words defined with "scraper": Lint doctor ♦ Rasper ♦ Squilgee, Sweating iron. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scraper": bottom-dump scraper ♦ Catgut Scraper ♦ dirt scraper, drag scraper, dragline scraper ♦ Gusto scraper box, GUT SCRAPER ♦ hand scraper ♦ scraper and break detector, scraper bucket, scraper hoist, scraper loader, SCRAPER OPERATOR, SCRAPER, HAND, screen scraper, self-powered scraper, SOLE SCRAPER, stope scraper ♦ wheel scraper. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "scraper": Xyster. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Scraper" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (scraper), Portuguese (scraper). |
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Consumer Goods |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Hauls scraper and loads coal. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fort Knox. Earth moving equipment. A huge carryall scraper and a powerful tractor work on a cut-and-fill job as a new access road is built at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "NY Sky Scraper" by Rory Franklin Commentary: "A Picture of a New York sky scraper, caught on a beautiful day." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And he laid the scraper on the chopping block, and the knife beside it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Scraper" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scraper" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 38 | 55,818 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "scraper": pig scraper ♦ screen scraper ♦ shoe scraper ♦ sky scraper. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "scraper": scraper-board. | |
Ending with "scraper": boot-scraper. | |
Containing "scraper": sky-scraper-packed, sky-scraper-stacked. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scraper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kruese (currycomb), kruajtëse balte tek pragu, kruajtëse (squeegee). (various references) | |
Arabic | كاشطة الأحذية, مكشطة, مقشطة (rasp). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стъргало за, скрепер (carryall), шабър, грейдер (grader), лош цигулар, лош бръснар. (various references) | |
Chinese | 刮板. (various references) | |
Czech | stìraè (wiper), lakomec (hunks, miser, skinflint), špachtle (palette knife, spatula), škrabaè. (various references) | |
Danish | spredivinge (baffle, blade, paddle, vane), spredekniv (knife), skraber (bug, disc scraper, doctor, doctor blade, doctor knife, drag hooks, dredge, flight, go-devil, knife, paddle, pig, pipeline cleaner, pipeline scraper, squeegee), skrabejern (flight, paddle), skovl (shovel), selvkørende scraper (carryall, carrying scraper, wheel scraper), scraper (drag scraper, farm scraper), vinge (wing), rensetang (cleaner), rakle (ament, catkin), afstrygningskniv. (various references) | |
Dutch | schoep van een loopwiel (baffle, blade, paddle, vane), schoep (blade, paddle), schraapbak (drag scraper, farm scraper, self-propelled skip), schraapijzer (hook), schraper (miser, skinflint), schrapijzer (cleaner), schrapper (cleaner), scraper (drag scraper, farm scraper), zelfrijdende schraapwagen (carryall, carrying scraper, wheel scraper), trekkerschraapbak (carryall, carrying scraper, wheel scraper), afstrijker (belt cleaner, belt scraper, chocolate skimmer, spreading machine, strickler), rakelijzer (raker), mes (knife), meenemer (carrier, catch pin, claw, dog, driving dog, flight, flight attachment, lathe dog, paddle, pawl), landbouwschraapbak (drag scraper, farm scraper), kleine schraapbak (drag scraper, farm scraper), afstrijkmes, roerblad (baffle, blade, paddle, vane). (various references) | |
Farsi | زداینده , خراشنده . (various references) | |
Finnish | kaavinterä (knife), kaavin (doctor, doctor blade, doctor knife, knife, rabble). (various references) | |
French | scraper, racloir (disc scraper), grattoir (scratcher), décrottoir (disc scraper). (various references) | |
German | Schaber (doctor, doctor blade, doctor knife, pig, rabbit, rabbler, scratcher), Schabe (cockroach). (various references) | |
Greek | ξύστρα (pencil sharpener, rake, sharpener). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מגרד (abrasor, curette, grater, itchy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vakaró (scratchy). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penggaruk (comb, curry, harrow, rake), pengeruk (dredger, exploiter). (various references) | |
Italian | raschietto (hack, pig, rabbit, rabbler, scratcher, spoke shave, spokeshave). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | スクリュープロペラ船 (screw, screw ship, screwball, scroll, skate, skateboard, skater, skating, skating rink, squat, sucrose). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | スクレーパー . (various references) | |
Korean | 긁는 도구. (various references) | |
Manx | screebeyder (abrasive, scarifier, scratcher), scrabeyder (pawer, scratcher), raisheyder coshey, pitteog, peajeog (miser, pinch-penny), corlaig (muckrake, rake). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aperscray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | raspador (raker, rasp, rasper, rubber, skiver), raspadeira (eraser, file, rasp, skimmer). (various references) | |
Romanian | screper (drag), transportor cu raclete, rãzuitor. (various references) | |
Russian | скребок (hog, scrabbler, scrubber). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | strugač (turner, xyster), skrejper, rđav svirač, grebalica. (various references) | |
Spanish | rasqueta (disc scraper, rabble, squeegee), raspador (rasp, scratcher), rascador (back scratcher). (various references) | |
Swedish | skrapa (bark, chafe, lecture, scoop, scrabble, scrape, scratch, shave, skin, squeegee), vägskrapa (grader), krats, fotskrapa, avskrapare (knife). (various references) | |
Thai | ผู้ขูด. (various references) | |
Turkish | sistre, raspa (rubber), kazıyıcı (scarifier), demir kapı çamurluğu. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скребок, скнара (chuff, churl, clam, codger, curmudgeon, miser, nip-cheese, piker, save-all, skinflint), шабер, поганий скрипаль. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật dụng dùng để cạo, người nạo, người cạo người kéo viôlông cò cử cái nạo. (various references) | |
Welsh | ysgrafell (curry-comb), crafwr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scraper": scrapers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "scraper": skyscraper. (additional references) | |
Words containing "scraper": skyscrapers. (additional references) | |
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"Scraper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: craper, Scapera, scarfer, scarpa, Schapera, scrapey, scrapi, scrapie, scrappet, scraver, scripter, scrope, scrupe, straper. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "scraper" (pronounced skrā"per) |
| 4 | -r ā" p er | Draper, Raper. |
| 3 | -ā" p er | caper, paper, taper, vapor. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: carpers, scarper. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-p-r-r-s" | |
-1 letter: capers, carers, carper, crapes, escarp, pacers, parers, parsec, parser, racers, rapers, rasper, recaps, scarer, scrape, secpar, spacer, sparer. | |
-2 letters: acres, apers, apres, asper, caper, capes, carer, cares, carps, carrs, carse, crape, craps, escar, pacer, paces, parer, pares, parrs, parse, pears, prase, presa, racer, races, raper, rapes, rares, raser, reaps, rears, recap, scape. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-p-r-r-s" | |
+1 letter: caperers, crappers, perisarc, prancers, precrash, scarpers, scrapers, scrapper, supercar. | |
+2 letters: capturers, comparers, parceners, pericarps, perisarcs, preachers, preclears, precrease, prefacers, purchaser, recarpets, replacers, scarpered, scrappers, scrappier, sharecrop, supercars, superrace. | |
+3 letters: archpriest, carpenters, carpoolers, carpospore, cartoppers, copartners, crispbread, cupbearers, curlpapers, operculars, paregorics, parricides, parritches, practicers, precarious, precreased, precreases, procreates, purchasers, radarscope, ragpickers, recaptures, reproaches, repurchase, retropacks, scarpering, sharecrops, skyscraper, supercargo, superraces. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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