Scrap - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |skræp|  American pronunciation of the word scrap
Brit.  |skræp|  British pronunciation of the word scrap

noun

- a small fragment of something broken off from the whole (syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck)
- worthless material that is to be disposed of (syn: rubbish, trash)
- a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used
she jotted it on a scrap of paper
there was not a scrap left
- the act of fighting; any contest or struggle (syn: combat, fight, fighting)
the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap

verb

- dispose of (something useless or old) (syn: junk, trash)
scrap your old computer
- have a disagreement over something (syn: altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel)
These two fellows are always scrapping over something
- make into scrap or refuse
scrap the old airplane and sell the parts

Extra examples

There isn't a scrap of truth in it.

He wrote his address on a scrap of paper.

The equipment was sold for scrap.

Scrap metal (=metal from old cars, machines etc) fetched high prices after the war.

My mother fed the dog on scraps to save money.

He obtained every scrap of information available.

There isn't a single scrap of evidence.

He's always getting into scraps with other dogs.

We believe that car tax should be scrapped.

Two aircraft carriers are being scrapped this year.

These two fellows are always scrapping over something

He scribbled the number on a scrap of paper.

There is not a scrap of evidence in her favor.

...regards the platform shoe as one of the unfortunate fopperies of the 1970s that should remain buried in fashion's scrap heap...

...slashed at the prison guard with a shank he had secretly made from a scrap of metal...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: scrap
he/she/it: scraps
present participle: scrapping
past tense: scrapped
past participle: scrapped
noun
singular: scrap
plural: scraps
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