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rasps

rasps is the plural of rasp.

rasps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rasp.

Meaning of rasp

Noun (1)

rasp (plural rasps)

  1. A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
    Synonyms:
    file
  2. The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
    • the rasp of her perpetual cough
  3. (collective) A group of guinea fowl
    • A rasp of guinea fowl honked as 'Emma' the ostrich pecked.2025, Rory MacLean, Nick Danziger, Back in the USSR

Noun (2)

rasp (plural rasps)

  1. (archaic) The raspberry.
    • Set sorrel amongst rasps, and the rasps will be smaller.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

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Questions about rasps

What is rasps the plural of?
Rasps is the plural of rasp.

Words near rasps in the dictionary

  1. raspis
  2. raspises
  3. raspish
  4. raspite
  5. rasplike
  6. rasps
  7. Rasputin
  8. Rasputinesque
  9. Rasputinian
  10. Rasputins
  11. raspy

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