scobs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Raspings of wood, ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance.
  2. The dross of metals.
verb
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scob
noun
  1. plural of scob

Pronunciation

/skɒbz/

Word forms

scobs

Etymology

From Latin scobs, or scobis, from scabere (“to scrape”).

Synonyms

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