Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for grattoir. Search instead for trottoir.

grattoir

American  
[grah-twahr, gra-twar] / grɑˈtwɑr, graˈtwar /

noun

Archaeology.
grattoirs plural
  1. a flaked stone implement, usually Upper Paleolithic, retouched at the end and used probably for working wood or cleaning hides; scraper.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of grattoir

1870–75; < French, equivalent to gratt ( er ) to grate 2 + -oir -ory 2

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training