rasp¹ /räsp/

1. A coarse file
2. Anything with a similar surface
3. A mollusc's tongue
4. An insect's stridulating apparatus
5. A risp at a door
6. A grating sound or feeling

1. To grate as if with a rasp
2. To grate upon
3. To risp
4. To utter gratingly

1. To have a grating effect
2. To scrape, as on a fiddle

raspˈatory noun

A surgeon's rasp

raspˈer noun

1. Someone or something that rasps
2. In hunting, a difficult fence (informal)

raspˈing noun

1. A filing
2. (in pl) fine breadcrumbs used as a coating for food before frying, etc

Grating, harsh

raspˈingly adverb

• spin bowling
• spindle
• spindled
• spindle-legged
• spindle-legs
• spindle moulder
• spindle moulders
• spindle oil
• spindles
• spindle-shanked
• spindle-shanks
• spindle-shaped
• spindle shell
• spindle shells
• spindle side
• spindle sides
• spindle tree
• spindle trees
• spindle whorl
• spindle whorls
• spindlier
• spindliest
• spindling
• spindlings
• spindly