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scratch-out

scratch-out noun: a mark through or over writing made to revoke it so a correction can be made.

Noun

scratch-out (plural scratch-outs)

  1. A mark through or over writing made to revoke it so a correction can be made.
    • One of life's more discouraging experiences is to receive an order with a scratch-out or substitution you don't want.1987, Restaurant Management, volume 1
    • Any changes to the text were made with a primitive scratch-out.1998, Dovid Rossoff, Where Heaven Touches Earth, page iii

Forms of scratch-out

pluralscratch-outs

Origin of scratch-out

Deverbal from scratch out.

Questions about scratch-out

What does scratch-out mean?
Scratch-out means a mark through or over writing made to revoke it so a correction can be made.
What part of speech is scratch-out?
Scratch-out is a noun.
What is the plural of scratch-out?
The plural of scratch-out is scratch-outs.

Words near scratch-out in the dictionary

  1. scratch-comma
  2. scratch-commas
  3. scratch-made
  4. scratch-off
  5. scratch-offs
  6. scratch-out
  7. scratch-outs
  8. scratch-proof
  9. scratchability
  10. scratchable
  11. scratchback

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