scrap - use in sentences

Object

  • pound: He plans to scrap the pound within two years.
  • fee: They would use the revenue from this to scrap university tuition fees.
  • merchant: They were horse traders and scrap metal merchants establishing a family business in 1890.
  • dealer: The registration process Salford has a dual application form which serves both motor salvage operators and scrap metal dealers.

Adjective modifier

  • leftover: Perhaps he can wall paper the Tower with the leftover scraps?
  • tiny: Jeff tore his eyes away from the tiny blond haired scrap in his arms.

Modifies a noun

  • heap: I feel like I'm the scrap heap at 41.
  • metal: Don't delay - the scrap metal skip beckons!
  • yard: Here we pass across the back of a scrap yard for heavy lorries.
  • dealer: Lists of registered scrap dealers are held by local authorities.
  • merchant: One day a scrap merchant came looking for unwanted items.
  • tire: Old tires are recycled by approved scrap tire collection contractors.

Noun used with modifier

  • relegation: Good professionals like Wotton, Norris and Nalis should ensure that they stay afloat, but they could get involved in the relegation scrap.
  • kitchen: At the most basic level, you can compost by simply burying kitchen scraps in your garden.
  • vegetable: I put in vegetable scraps and added some lobworms from my local tackle shop ( they didn't have tiger worms ).

Preposition: of

  • paper: Most parties were able to keep some records on scraps of paper or on bamboo strips.
  • cloth: They love a treasure trove of different scraps of cloth.
  • fabric: These scraps of fabric were my starting-point for Tamar.

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