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scraw

/skɹɔː/

scraw noun: a sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.

Noun

scraw (plural scraws)

  1. (Ireland, archaic) A sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
  2. Such a turf covering the roof of a cottage beneath the thatch.

Forms of scraw

pluralscraws
alternative formscragh

Origin of scraw

From Irish scrath (“a turf”), sgraith (“a turf, green sod”), akin to Scottish Gaelic sgrath, sgroth (“the outer skin of anything, a turf, a green sod”).

Questions about scraw

What does scraw mean?
Scraw means a sod of grass-grown turf from the surface of a bog or from a field.
What part of speech is scraw?
Scraw is a noun.
How do you pronounce scraw?
Scraw is pronounced /skɹɔː/.
What is the plural of scraw?
The plural of scraw is scraws.

Words near scraw in the dictionary

  1. scraveled
  2. scraveling
  3. scravelled
  4. scravelling
  5. scravels
  6. scraw
  7. scrawb
  8. scrawk
  9. scrawked
  10. scrawking
  11. scrawks

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