scrap

[ skrap ]

/ skræp /

noun

a small piece or portion; fragment: a scrap of paper.

scraps,

bits or pieces of food, especially of leftover or discarded food.
the remains of animal fat after the oil has been tried out.

a detached piece of something written or printed: scraps of poetry.

an old, discarded, or rejected item or substance for use in reprocessing or as raw material, as old metal that can be melted and reworked.

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.

adjective

consisting of scraps or fragments.

existing in the form of fragments or remnants of use only for reworking, as metal.

discarded or left over.

verb (used with object), scrapped, scrap·ping.

to make into scraps or scrap; break up: to scrap old cars.

to discard as useless, worthless, or ineffective: He urged that we scrap the old method of teaching mathematics.

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Origin of scrap

1350–1400; Middle English scrappe (noun) < Old Norse skrap, derivative of skrapa to scrape

OTHER WORDS FROM scrap

scrap·ping·ly, adverb

Words nearby scrap

scrambler, scramjet, scran, scrannel, scranton, scrap, scrap heap, scrap iron, scrapbook, scrape, scrape in

Definition for scrap (2 of 2)

scrap²

[ skrap ]

/ skræp /

Informal.

noun

a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.

verb (used without object), scrapped, scrap·ping.

to engage in a fight or quarrel.

Origin of scrap

First recorded in 1670–80; variant of scrape

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British Dictionary definitions for scrap (1 of 2)

scrap¹

/ (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 scraps, scrapping or scrapped (tr)

to make into scrap

to discard as useless

Word Origin for scrap

C14: from Old Norse skrap; see scrape

British Dictionary definitions for scrap (2 of 2)

scrap²

/ (skræp) informal /

noun

a fight or argument

verb scraps, scrapping or scrapped

(intr) to quarrel or fight

Word Origin for scrap

C17: perhaps from scrape

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