scratch awl

1. 1.

   a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut

   Synonymsscriberscribe

   Broaderawl

Questions about scratch awl

What does scratch awl mean?

scratch awl means "a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut".

What is another word for scratch awl?

Close synonyms include scriber, scribe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scratch awl a common word?

scratch awl is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.