noun

1. a small piece; bit; fragment; shred
2. a bit of something written or printed; brief extract
3. 1. discarded metal in the form of machinery, auto parts, etc. suitable only for reprocessing
   2. discarded articles or fragments of rubber, leather, cloth, paper, etc.
4. 1. bits of leftover food
   2. 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

1. in the form of fragments, pieces, odds and ends, or leftovers
2. used and discarded

transitive verb scrapped, scrapping scrap′·ping

1. to make into scrap; break up
2. to get rid of or abandon as useless; discard; junk