scrap¹ Definition
scrap (skrap)
noun
- a small piece; bit; fragment; shred
- a bit of something written or printed; brief extract
- discarded metal in the form of machinery, auto parts, etc. suitable only for reprocessing
- discarded articles or fragments of rubber, leather, cloth, paper, etc.
- bits of leftover food
- the crisp remnants of animal fat after the oil has been removed by rendering
Etymology: ME scrappe < ON skrap, scraps, trifles < skrapa, to scrape
adjective
- in the form of fragments, pieces, odds and ends, or leftovers
- used and discarded
transitive verb scrapped, scrap′·ping
- to make into scrap; break up
- to get rid of or abandon as useless; discard; junk
scrap² Definition
scrap (skrap)
intransitive verb scrapped, scrap′·ping
to fight or quarrel
scrap Synonyms
scrap
n.
scrap Synonyms
scrap
v.
scrap Usage Examples
Object
- pound: He plans to scrap the pound within two years.
- toll: Significantly, a number of Labor backbenchers were in favor of scrapping the tolls on both bridges, against Executive policy.
- 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: in
favor: However, it is later scrapped in favor of the A4000.
Preposition: of

