rasps
Because it is a word with a single syllable, rasps is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofrasps
- A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
- The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound.
Example: "the rasp of her perpetual cough"
- To use a rasp.
- To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.
- To work something with a rasp.
Example: "to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder"
- To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language.
Example: "His insults rasped my temper."
- The raspberry.
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