different between saran vs scran

English

Etymology

From a trade name coined by the Dow Chemical Co. for a number of monomers and polymers made from vinylidene chloride (especially polyvinylidene chloride)

Noun

saran (uncountable)

1. A plastic resin used to make packaging films.

Derived terms

• saran-wrap
• saranwrap

Further reading

• saran at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Ansar, Arans, Sarna, asRNA, asrna, naras, saRNA

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin ser?nus.

Adjective

saran

1. serene

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

saran

1. Genitive singular form of sara.

Etymology 2

Noun

saran

1. Genitive singular form of sarka.

Tatar

Adjective

saran

1. miserly

Veps

Noun

saran

1. genitive singular of sara
2. accusative singular of sara
3. essive-instructive singular of sara

English

Alternative forms

• skran (Scotland)

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”).

Pronunciation

• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /sk?an/

Noun

scran (uncountable)

1. (slang) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.

   Synonyms: (Geordie) scrawn; see also Thesaurus:food

2. refuse; rubbish

Derived terms

• bad scran to someone
• scrannish

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Verb

scran (third-person singular simple present scrans, present participle scranning, simple past and past participle scranned)

1. (slang, Liverpudlian) to eat

Anagrams

• Carns, cRNAs, carns, crans, crnas, narcs, scRNA, scarn, scrna