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scratch-built

scratch-built adjective: of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level.

Adjective

scratch-built (not comparable)

  1. Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level.
  2. Of a structure, e.g. a car, model or toy: built with minimal cost and at short notice, with rudimentary materials.

Origin of scratch-built

As from scratch.

Questions about scratch-built

What does scratch-built mean?
Scratch-built means of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level.
What part of speech is scratch-built?
Scratch-built is an adjective.

Words near scratch-built in the dictionary

  1. scratch'n'sniff
  2. scratch-and-dent
  3. scratch-and-sniff
  4. scratch-brush
  5. scratch-brushes
  6. scratch-built
  7. scratch-comma
  8. scratch-commas
  9. scratch-made
  10. scratch-off
  11. scratch-offs

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