Scrap - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- 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
there was not a scrap left
verb
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
I/you/we/they: scrap
he/she/it: scraps
present participle: scrapping
past tense: scrapped
past participle: scrapped
singular: scrap
plural: scraps
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