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scrap
1[ skrap ]
noun
- a small piece or portion; fragment: scraps of cloth.
a scrap of paper;
scraps of cloth.
- scraps,
- bits or pieces of food, especially of leftover or discarded food.
- the remains of animal fat after the oil has been rendered; cracklings.
- a detached piece of something written or printed:
scraps of poetry.
- broken, discarded, or rejected items or parts for use as raw material or in reprocessing, as old metal that can be melted and reworked:
The two of them drive around collecting scrap to sell.
- 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:
Their cutting process is faster, but have you seen the amount of scrap it generates?
adjective
- consisting of pieces or fragments.
- existing in the form of fragments or remnants of use only for reworking, as metal.
- discarded or left over:
She was fashioning a toy out of some scrap wood.
verb (used with object)
- to break up into pieces for discarding or reworking:
to scrap old cars.
- to discard as useless, worthless, or ineffective:
He urged that we scrap the old method of teaching mathematics.
scrap
2[ skrap ]
noun
- a fight or quarrel:
She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
verb (used without object)
- to engage in a fight or quarrel.
scrap
1/ æ /
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
- to make into scrap
- to discard as useless
scrap
2/ æ /
noun
- a fight or argument
verb
- intr to quarrel or fight
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·辱Բ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scrap1
Origin of scrap2
Example Sentences
Use scraps for stocks or sauces, get creative with leftovers, and store ingredients properly to extend their shelf life.
Those plans include scrapping the Royal Parks police and Safer Schools officers, along with cuts to forensics and mounted police, and potentially taking firearms off the Flying Squad.
Barcelona and Madrid made up the majority of cancellations from Spanish airports, but zero flights from the UK to Spain have been scrapped, according to Cirium.
Mr O'Connell said the TPA backed the Labour government's review of quangos, and urged more focus on scrapping unnecessary functions and bringing delivery of significant services back under political control.
The latest shipment comes after British Steel announced a consultation on redundancies launched in March would be scrapped, saving 2,700 jobs that were put at risk.
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