scraper

(skrā'pər)
n.
One that scrapes, especially a tool for scraping off paint or other adherent matter such as ice on a windshield.

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(1) Extracting data from output intended for the screen or printer rather than from original files or databases. For example, Web pages formatted in HTML are often scraped. Scraping is a way to obtain data without having access to the formats and databases the data are naturally stored in. With Web sites and search engines, an enormous amount of data can be brought to the user's screen and captured. See screen scraping.

(2) Extracting e-mail addresses or other data from a large Web site or search engine. Bots are used to cull the data, which may be reorganized and presented in a unique manner that attracts visitors, the purpose of which is to make money on ads. The data might also be used for nefarious reasons, such as selling the information to spammers and cybercriminals.

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Any instrument whose sound is produced by friction with a corrugated surface, such as the Guiro, the Ratchet or even the Washboard.

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1. A self-propelled machine capable of digging, loading, hauling, dumping, and spreading materials; used to move earth by stripping or collecting a layer with a cutting blade while moving forward, pushing the earth into a bowl, and then unloading it.
2. A towed machine which is used to level the surface of ground by stripping away earth, or by collecting earth and filling hollow areas.
3. A cabinet scraper.

pull-type scraper, 1

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[Ar]

A distinctive kind of flint or stone tool comprising a roughly round or horseshoe-shaped flake which has been shaped deliberately with an extreme oblique angle to provide a working edge around some or all of the circumference. Where the working is confined to the distal end of the flake the resultant tool is often referred to as an end scraper; when working is confined to the sides of the flake it is referred to as a side scraper. use-wear analysis suggests that scrapers had a range of functions in woodworking, boneworking, and in removing unwanted fat from the insides of animal skins without damaging the hide.

For a list of words related to scraper, see:

• Machinery and Mechanical Devices - scraper: device that smoothes or cleans surfaces
• Edged, Pointed, Carving, and Turning Tools - scraper: edged tool used in turning on lathe
• Other edged and pointed tools
• Shaving, Shaping, Sharpening, and Smoothing Tools - scraper: any of various hand tools with blades that are usu. pulled, rather than pushed, to shape wood surface
• Utensils and Appliances - scraper: serrated utensil for removing skins; rubber spatula for scraping sauces out of bowls
• Hats - scraper: Slang. cocked hat

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See words rhyming with "scraper."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - skrabejern, spatel, skraber, skrabehøvl, sikling, skyskraber

Nederlands (Dutch)
(verf)krabber, gierigaard

Français (French)
n. - couteau de peintre, grattoir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kratzeisen, Spachtel, Schaber

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξέστρο, αποξεστικό μέσο ή μηχάνημα

Italiano (Italian)
ruspa, spilorcio, grattacielo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - raspador (m), avarento (m), mau barbeiro (m)

Русский (Russian)
человек, который чистит, человек, который обдирает, человек, который еле-еле сводит концы с концами, плохой скрипач, скряга, железная скоба у входа (для очистки подошв от грязи), скребок, шабер, скрепер, грейдер

Español (Spanish)
n. - raspador, limpiabarros, rasqueta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skrapa, skrapverktyg, fotskrapa, vägskrapa, skyskrapa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
刮刀, 刮削器, 刮泥板, 刮除机

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 刮刀, 刮削器, 刮泥板, 刮除機

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 문지르는 도구, 서투른 바이올린쟁이, (문간의) 흙 털개

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - こすり落とす道具, 靴の泥落とし, スクレーパー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكشطه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגרד, מגרדת, יעה‬

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