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How to pronounce “scratch-built”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of scratch-built with real speech in context.
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- Scratch: Coding for Everyone!
- Definition summary
- Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level.
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How to pronounce scratch-built
Scratch: Coding for Everyone!

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Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Of a building: built ad hoc, with whatever materials are to hand, and often just from ground level.
- Of a structure, e.g. a car, model or toy: built with minimal cost and at short notice, with rudimentary materials.
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