scraping
noun
the act of a person or thing that scrapes.
scrapings
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pluralof scraping.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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More problems were found at a factory that Sun had acquired in Detroit, where the diabetes drug metformin was contaminated with metal scrapings.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
Despite aggressive debridement — daily surgical scrapings of her wounds to clean out the infection — and expensive medications, the tissues in her leg grayed at the edges.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2024
But at our earliest opportunity, humans also sought to profit from these substances: scrapings from a Neandertal's teeth show traces of toxins that held medicinal value, including the bases for aspirin and penicillin.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2023
A fish and chip shop owner is set to serve up his last scrapings more than 60 years after the business opened its doors.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2023
They made it by scraping the seeds which others had collected, chewing up the scrapings till they made a kind of paste or soup, and then swallowing it into their own crops.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
