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shrap

shrap noun: a place baited with chaff to entice birds.

Noun

shrap (plural shraps)

  1. (obsolete) A place baited with chaff to entice birds.
    • You fell, like another dove, by the most chaffy shrap that ever was set before the eyes of winged fowl.c. 1642, William Bedell, letter

Forms of shrap

pluralshraps
alternative formscrap
alternative formshrape

Origin of shrap

Compare scrap and scrape.

Words that rhyme with shrap

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Questions about shrap

What does shrap mean?
Shrap means a place baited with chaff to entice birds.
What part of speech is shrap?
Shrap is a noun.
What is the plural of shrap?
The plural of shrap is shraps.

Words near shrap in the dictionary

  1. shrank back
  2. shrank down
  3. shrank up
  4. shrankest
  5. shranks
  6. shrap
  7. shrape
  8. shrapes
  9. shrapnel
  10. shrapnels
  11. shraps

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