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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/ æ /
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
scrap
2/ æ /
noun
- a fight or argument
verb
- intr to quarrel or fight
Other Word Forms
- ·辱Բ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of scrap1
Origin of scrap2
Example Sentences
Namibia's new president has announced that university fees will be scrapped from 2026.
But the proposals were scrapped over censorship concerns.
Those scenes got scrapped, so Luke’s first conversations about the rebel alliance would have to wait until deeper into the movie.
Similar processes in California and nationwide were suddenly being scrapped in favor of more lenient policies.
Authorities say they plan to scrap criminal penalties in more than 100 legal provisions - on top of the 180 already axed in 2023.
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