Scrap

Quick meaning: Scrap is a noun meaning A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

Meaning

A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

More Meanings

1. (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
2. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
3. (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
4. (UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
5. (uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
6. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
7. (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.

Example Sentences

I have no materials — not a scrap.

I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.

That car isn't good for anything but scrap.

Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.

Word Forms

• scraps
• scrapping
• scrapped

Synonyms for scrap

Depending on context, synonyms include scraplet, snippet, bit, chip, chunk, clip.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chip, flake, junk, waste, trash, cast-off.

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