from scratch

/frʌm skrætʃ/

noun B1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. desde cero

    • She baked the cake from scratch.

      Ella horneó el pastel desde cero.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

from square one

from scratch and from square one are close synonyms, both meaning starting over from nothing, largely interchangeable.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa from scratch?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: She baked the cake from ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a from scratch?

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