Scrap Definition
skrăp
scrapped, scrapping, scraps
noun
scraps
A small piece; bit; fragment; shred.
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A bit of something written or printed; brief extract.
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Discarded metal in the form of machinery, auto parts, etc. suitable only for reprocessing.
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Bits of leftover food.
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Discarded articles or fragments of rubber, leather, cloth, paper, etc.
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verb
scrapped, scrapping, scraps
To fight or quarrel.
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To make into scrap; break up.
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To get rid of or abandon as useless; discard; junk.
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(of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
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(intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
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adjective
In the form of fragments, pieces, odds and ends, or leftovers.
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Used and discarded.
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Origin of Scrap
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Middle English from Old Norse skrap trifles, pieces sker-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch").
From Wiktionary
Perhaps variant of scrape
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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