Wiktionary
prep.phr. 1 (context idiomatic English) From the beginning; starting with no advantage or prior preparation. 2 (context idiomatic English) From basic materials or raw ingredients.
WordNet
adv. from the beginning; "he baked the torte from scratch"
Wikipedia
From scratch may refer to:
- From Scratch (radio), an American radio show about the entrepreneurial life on National Public Radio
- From Scratch (music group), a New Zealand performance and recording group
- From Scratch (Canadian band), see List of Montreal music groups
- From Scratch (TV series), an Australian TV show, see 2013 in Australian television
- "From Scratch", the first episode of the American children's animated series Curious George
- Scratch building, the process of building a scale model "from scratch", i.e. from raw materials, rather than building it from a commercial kit, kitbashing or buying it pre-assembled
From Scratch are a New Zealand performance and recording group that use homemade (from scratch) rhythms and instruments. They performed from 1972 to 2002 with an ever-changing lineup, though principally led by Philip Dadson. Their last work was the piece Pacific Plate, performed in New Zealand, Austria and Australia between 2000 and 2002.
From Scratch is a public radio show about the entrepreneurial life broadcast weekly on National Public Radio's XM and Sirius channels, NPR Worldwide, and NPR Berlin. The program is hosted by Jessica Harris. From Scratch personalizes the lives of entrepreneurs by providing listeners with a candid, first-hand view of the launching process. Guests speak openly about their sources of inspiration, setbacks, helpful allies, and breakthrough moments. Featuring business, social and cultural leaders in all stages of the building process, From Scratch informs those who are either initiating their own entrepreneurial lives or simply feeling curious about those who make new ideas happen.
Usage examples of "from scratch".
So you have trouble with the idea of wiping a city and re-drawing it from scratch?
They would have shut him down, purged his memory, reprogrammed him from scratch.
As it is, we must rebuild his Rho quadrants almost from scratch, and there is collateral damage in Sigma -One, Lambda-Four and Pi-Three.
She did not like being betrayed, but on the other hand she did not wish to have to rebuild her life from scratch just because she was married to a man who couldn't keep it to himself.
He started off from scratch, working in the woods like any other guy.
In other words, instead of expending enormous amounts of energy to create antitweedles from scratch, as was thought to be inescapable by most terrestrial scientists, could they “.
Instead of hunting down the heritable traits we needed in the wild, and struggling for years to produce cross-breeds bearing all of them, we designed every trait from scratch.
Jonas Stark had thought they were perverted and unnatural, so when Thaddeus took over the carnival he had to put one together from scratch.