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scrap
1[ skrap ]
noun
- a small piece or portion; fragment: scraps of cloth.
a scrap of paper;
scraps of cloth.
- scraps,
- bits or pieces of food, especially of leftover or discarded food.
- the remains of animal fat after the oil has been rendered; cracklings.
- a detached piece of something written or printed:
scraps of poetry.
- broken, discarded, or rejected items or parts for use as raw material or in reprocessing, as old metal that can be melted and reworked:
The two of them drive around collecting scrap to sell.
- chips, cuttings, fragments, or other small pieces of raw material removed, cut away, flaked off, etc., in the process of making or manufacturing an item:
Their cutting process is faster, but have you seen the amount of scrap it generates?
adjective
- consisting of pieces or fragments.
- existing in the form of fragments or remnants of use only for reworking, as metal.
- discarded or left over:
She was fashioning a toy out of some scrap wood.
verb (used with object)
- to break up into pieces for discarding or reworking:
to scrap old cars.
- to discard as useless, worthless, or ineffective:
He urged that we scrap the old method of teaching mathematics.
scrap
2[ skrap ]
noun
- a fight or quarrel:
She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
verb (used without object)
- to engage in a fight or quarrel.
scrap
1/ skræp /
noun
- a fight or argument
verb
- intr to quarrel or fight
scrap
2/ skræp /
noun
- a small piece of something larger; fragment
- an extract from something written
- waste material or used articles, esp metal, often collected and reprocessed
- ( as modifier )
scrap iron
- plural pieces of discarded food
verb
- to make into scrap
- to discard as useless
Other Words From
- scrap·ping·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of scrap1
Origin of scrap2
Example Sentences
The state also scrapped its "two-child policy" for local body elections, and reports say neighbouring Telangana may soon do the same.
Labour scrapped the previous government's plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda in a bid to deter crossings.
The government has confirmed it will scrap more than 200 vocational qualifications, including BTecs.
In the end, that meant scrapping a huge number of completed tracks half-way through the recording sessions.
All households pay the fixed daily charges covering the costs of connecting to a supply, but there have been widespread calls for these fees to be scrapped.
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