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-scraper

-scraper suffix: denoting a type of tall building.

Suffix

-scraper

  1. Denoting a type of tall building.
    • farm + -scraper → farmscraper (“a high-rise building used for growing crops or raising livestock”)
    • skinny + -scraper → skinnyscraper (“an extremely tall and narrow building”)

Origin of -scraper

Back-formation from skyscraper.

Questions about -scraper

What does -scraper mean?
-scraper means denoting a type of tall building.
What part of speech is -scraper?
-scraper is a suffix.

Words near -scraper in the dictionary

  1. -scape
  2. -scapes
  3. -scope
  4. -scopic
  5. -scopy
  6. -scraper
  7. -se
  8. -seater
  9. -self
  10. -selves
  11. -semide

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