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shrape

shrape is the alternative form of shrap.

Meaning of shrap

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 shrape

pluralshrapes

Words that rhyme with shrape

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Questions about shrape

What is shrape the alternative form of?
Shrape is the alternative form of shrap.

Words near shrape in the dictionary

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

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