from scratch

phrase

1

: from a point at which nothing has been done ahead of time

build a school system from scratch

2

: without using a prepared mixture of ingredients

bake a cake from scratch

Examples of from scratch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Elsewhere in the concrete jungle, Wood and his team also had to build and stylize another part of New York through Yelena’s (Florence Pugh) elaborate bathhouse, built from scratch and based on spaces Wood discovered while scouting the city. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026

The people who lose relevance will be those whose role depends on preserving friction, controlling access to information, or managing processes no one would design from scratch today. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026

Like tens of thousands of others, Morales is trying to rebuild his life from scratch with his wife and four children. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Researchers at Stanford University designed the small viruses from scratch, producing the first complete, functional genomes ever generated by AI. — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for from scratch

• attach
• bycatch
• despatch
• detach
• dispatch
• mismatch
• nuthatch
• potlatch
• bache
• batch
• brach
• catch