scrap

IPA: skrˈæp

noun

  • A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
  • The smallest amount.
  • (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
  • The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
  • (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
  • (UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
  • (uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
  • (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
  • (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.
  • A fight, tussle, skirmish.

verb

  • (transitive) To discard; to get rid of.
  • (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
  • (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
  • (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
  • (transitive) To make into scrap.
  • to fight
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Examples of "scrap" in Sentences

  • He collected scraps of papers.
  • I found some scraps on the ground.
  • He spreaded all the scraps on the floor.
  • His hobby is collecting scraps of pictures.
  • The remainder of the ship was sold as scrap.
  • You know that collecting scrap is not worthy.
  • The remains of the plane were scrapped afterwards.
  • The rest should be left on the scrap heap for the moment.
  • The decontaminated scrap is loaded in the container at the inlet end.
  • I've boldly scrapped the equations in the electromagnetism subsection.

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