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Definition of from scratch - Reverso English Dictionary
Adverb
1.
cookingusing basic materials or raw ingredients
- He baked the cake from scratch.
2.
starting anewstarting from the beginning, without prior preparation
- He decided to build the model from scratch..
Expressions with from scratch
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create something without using pre-made parts
She decided to make the cake from scratch.
prepare food using basic ingredients
She loves to cook from scratch using fresh vegetables.
make something new without using anything existing
She decided to create the website from scratch.
the act of making something new without any prior materials
The artist's creation from scratch impressed everyone at the gallery.
begin again without using anything done before
After the failure, they decided to start from scratch.
made entirely by hand or from basic materials
The cake was crafted from scratch using fresh ingredients.
built entirely from the beginning
The house was constructed from scratch using sustainable materials.
Terms with from scratch included in their meaning
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projects
pertaining to projects starting from scratch, without constraints from prior work
medical
bacterial infection from a cat scratch or bite
budgeting
starting from scratch without previous assumptions
acr: Linux From Scratch
guide to build your own Linux system
Examples of from scratch in a sentence
They built the house from scratch after the fire. She baked the cake from scratch. They built the entire system from scratch.
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- French:à partir de rien, à partir de zéro, ...
- German:von Grund auf neu, von Anfang an, ...
- Italian:da zero, ...
- Spanish:desde cero, de nuevo, ...
- Portuguese:do zero, do início, ...
- Chinese:从头开始, ...
- Japanese:一から, ...
- Arabic:مِنَ الصِّفْر, مِنْ نُقْطَةِ الصِّفْر, ...
- Hebrew:מֵאֶפֶס, מֵהַתְּחָלָה, ...
- Russian:с нуля, ...
- Ukrainian:з нуля, з початку, ...
- Hindi:शुरू से, नई शुरुआत से, ...
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