scrap
1a small piece or portion; fragment: 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?
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.
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.
Origin of scrap
1Other words from scrap
- scrap·ping·ly, adverb
Words Nearby scrap
Other definitions for scrap (2 of 2)
a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
to engage in a fight or quarrel.
Origin of scrap
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How to use scrap in a sentence
To make matters worse, HSBC sparked anger in Hong Kong earlier this year, alienating some of its most loyal investors, after scrapping its dividend in response to the pandemic.
2 new reports push HSBC stock below its 2009 low | Claire Zillman, reporter | September 21, 2020 | FortuneIt was at that moment that I scrapped the recipe I had written for a standing mixer, and rewrote it to work by hand.
Making homemade ramen noodles is surprisingly challenging and totally worth it | By Catherine Tillman Whalen/Saveur | September 11, 2020 | Popular-ScienceFrom 2011 to 2019, less than one-third of postseason scraps occurred in the first 15 minutes, while 56 percent happened in the final period.
Of the 11 postseason scraps, eight occurred in the opening period.
Some organizations diverted more resources to their performance marketing campaigns, leaving their brand marketing efforts with the scraps.
Replay: Live with Search Engine Land season wrap-up—COVID and marketing disruption | George Nguyen | August 24, 2020 | Search Engine Land
British Dictionary definitions for scrap (1 of 2)
/ (skræp) /
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
to make into scrap
to discard as useless
Origin of scrap
1British Dictionary definitions for scrap (2 of 2)
/ (skræp) informal /
a fight or argument
(intr) to quarrel or fight
Origin of scrap
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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