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PRONUNCIATION OF SCRATCHBACK

scratchback  [ˈskrætʃˌbæk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCRATCHBACK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scratchback is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCRATCHBACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

scratchback

Backscratcher

A backscratcher is a tool used, as the name would suggest, for relieving areas that cannot easily be reached just by one's own hands, typically the back.

Definition of scratchback in the English dictionary

The definition of scratchback in the dictionary is an implement for scratching the back.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCRATCHBACK


bareback
ˈbɛəˌbæk
brushback
ˈbrʌʃˌbæk
callback
ˈkɔːlˌbæk
cashback
ˈkæʃˌbæk
comeback
ˈkʌmˌbæk
cornerback
ˈkɔːnəˌbæk
feedback
ˈfiːdˌbæk
flashback
ˈflæʃˌbæk
hatchback
ˈhætʃˌbæk
hold-back
ˈhəʊldˌbæk
horseback
ˈhɔːsˌbæk
hunchback
ˈhʌntʃˌbæk
outback
ˈaʊtˌbæk
paperback
ˈpeɪpəˌbæk
playback
ˈpleɪˌbæk
pushback
ˈpʊʃˌbæk
splashback
ˈsplæʃˌbæk
switchback
ˈswɪtʃˌbæk
throwback
ˈθrəʊˌbæk
touchback
ˈtʌtʃˌbæk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCRATCHBACK

scratch mark
scratch pad
scratch paper
scratch race
scratch score
scratch sheet
scratch tape
scratch test
scratch together
scratch video
scratchboard
scratchbuild
scratchbuilder
scratchbuilt
scratchcard
scratcher
scratches
scratchie
scratchily
scratchiness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCRATCHBACK

back
back to back
back-to-back
bounce back
drawback
fallback
get back
go back
hardback
hold back
laid-back
look back
notchback
pat on the back
positive feedback
quarterback
roughback
sit back
snapback
upper back

Synonyms and antonyms of scratchback in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scratchback» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCRATCHBACK

Find out the translation of scratchback to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scratchback from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scratchback» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

scratchback
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scratchback
570 millions of speakers

English

scratchback
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scratchback
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

scratchback
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scratchback
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Scratchback
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scratchback
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scratchback
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggaru
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scratchback
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ScratchBackは
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scratchback
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scratchback
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scratchback
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scratchback
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्क्रॅचबॅक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scratchback
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scratchback
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scratchback
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scratchback
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scratchback
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Scratchback
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scratchback
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scratchback
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scratchback
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scratchback

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRATCHBACK»

The term «scratchback» is used very little and occupies the 185.003 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRATCHBACK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scratchback

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCRATCHBACK»

Discover the use of scratchback in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scratchback and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Hills Remember: The Complete Short Stories of James Still
Scratchback Mine put fifty men hauling fallen jackrock and setting new timbers. The Elkhorn blew its steam whistle one morning at three o'clock. The blast rose out of Boone's Fork, across He Creek and She Creek, lifting into the hills of the ...
James Still, Ted Olson, 2012
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What the Slaves Ate: Recollections of African American Foods ...
Some slaves would add milk, buttermilk, shortening, and/or eggs as modifications to the basic recipe. There were also variations to the basic corn pone, such as scratchback. Scratchbacks were corn pones dropped from spoons onto buttered  ...
Herbert C. Covey, Dwight Eisnach, 2009
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The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly ...
The scratchback, that curious little implement whose rather inelegant name plainly indicates its use, is said to have been introduced into England in the reign of Elizabeth, but it is not referred to in any important book on costume, and its claim ...
Llewellyn Frederick William Jewitt, John Charles Cox, John Romilly Allen, 1902
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The Reliquary and Illustrated Archæologist: A Quarterly ...
THE scratchback, that curious little implement whose rather inelegant name plainly indicates its use, is said to have been introduced 'into Fig. 1— Scratchbacks. England in the reign of Elizabeth, but it is not referred to in any important book on ...
Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt, John Charles Cox, John Romilly Allen, 1902
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The Reliquary and Illustrated Archæologist
A NOTE ON SCRATCHBACKS. T1115. scratchback, that curious little implement whose rather inelegant name plainly indicates its use, is said to have been introduced into Fig. I—Scratchbacks. England in the reign of Elizabeth, but it is not ...
‎1902
6
Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist
You must dine with me to-day at my lodgings,” continued Tittleback; “ you'll not meet a noisy party—that's not the correct thing— only Lord Balamson—you know he's heir apparent tov the dukedom of Scratchback—and the Marquis of ...
‎1840
7
Peter Priggins, the College Scout
... not the correct thing—only Lord Balamson—you know he's heir apparent to the dnkedom of Scratchback—and the Marquis of Rattlebones--his governor married an actress of all work, and improved the noble breed by the injudicious cross.
Theodore Edward Hook, 1841
8
Peter Priggins, the college scout [by J.T.J. Hewlett] ed. by ...
You must dine with me to-day at my lodgings," continued Tittleback ; " you'll not meet a noisy party — that's not the correct thing —only Lord Balamson — you know he's heir apparent to the dukedom of Scratchback— and the Marquis of ...
Joseph Thomas J. Hewlett, Peter Priggins (fict. name.), Theodore Edward Hook, 1841
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Walter Isaacson Great Innovators e-book boxed set: Steve ...
... vexation now that he hath lost the little Chinese ivory hand at the end of the stick, commonly called a scratchback, presented to him by Her Majesty.”36 Franklin was able to indulge on Craven Street the many eccentricities he had developed.
Walter Isaacson, 2011
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Nishapur: Some Early Islamic Buildings and Their Decoration
... from Qanat Tepe, 262. burial helmet, from royal tombs at An-yang, China, 2.09- 10 inkwell, from Tepe Madraseh, 88-89 pole tops (Scythian), 130 salver, 25 5 scratchback, from Qanat Tepe, 270 Buddhist painting, 249, 282 Bukhara, 42, 44, 89 ...
Charles Kyrle Wilkinson, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1987

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCRATCHBACK»

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Penny Johnson Jerald on CASTLE – exclusive interview
My husband and I are working on a project, Scratchback East and Scratchback West, where we put together budding artists to network and work on whatever it is ... «Assignment X, Mar 15»

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