scrap

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/skɹæp/

noun 6verb 6

Collocations

(noun.) small piece or amount

ADJ

little

He found a little scrap of cloth in the drawer and used it to clean the window.

food

Our dog always eats the leftover scraps from dinner.

PREP

~ of

We saved every scrap of material left over from the sewing project.

(noun.) recyclable items or material

QUANT

piece

VERB + SCRAP

sell sth for

The old car was eventually sold for scrap after the accident.

collect

SCRAP + NOUN

iron, material, metal, paper, etc.

heap, yard (also scrapyard)

The old car parts were stacked high in the scrap yard waiting to be recycled.

dealer, merchant

value

The old car was worth more for its scrap value than as a working vehicle.

(noun.) fight

VERB + SCRAP

get into, have

PREP

in a/the ~

After the argument at the bar, it was clear he'd been in a scrap.

~ with

My brother got into a scrap with his friend over a video game last weekend.

Definitions

noun

A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.

I have no materials — not a scrap.

A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

I don't care a scrap.

“I don't mind anything. I don't mind your being technically German a scrap. All I think is that it was a little—well, perhaps a little excessive to marry another German when you had done it once already. […]”

Leftover food.

Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.

The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.

pork scraps

Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

That car isn't good for anything but scrap.

“We need a set of wheels to carry out this plan of yours.” “Queenie?” “We need her now more than ever.” “Will she still be in the field where we left her?” “No, no, no. The fuzz will have towed her away by now.” “Where will she be, then?” “They will have sold the old girl off for scrap.”

verb

To discard; to get rid of.

The party plans to scrap the military-drafted constitution, and bring the army's many business interests under the Ministry of Finance.

To stop working on indefinitely.

To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.

To dispose of at a scrapyard.

Northern made much of the scrapping of the first of the Pacers (142005), and to date 35 of its Class 142s have been scrapped, with a further 11 off-lease at Gascoigne Wood.

To make into scrap.

Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern.

noun

A fight, tussle, skirmish.

We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of fighting

noun — a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

noun — worthless material that is to be disposed of

verb — have a disagreement over something

verb — dispose of (something useless or old)

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

table scrap

The remaining meagre portion of a meal.

Example Bank

I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.

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I have no materials — not a scrap.

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I don't care a scrap.

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The party plans to scrap the military-drafted constitution, and bring the army's many business interests under the Ministry of Finance.

Wiktionary

Northern made much of the scrapping of the first of the Pacers (142005), and to date 35 of its Class 142s have been scrapped, with a further 11 off-lease at Gascoigne Wood.

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