Scrapping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Scrapping is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of scrap.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of scrap.
More Meanings
- Misspelling of scraping.
- The act by which something is scrapped.
Example Sentences
The number of ship scrappings over the past five years has declined appreciably on an annual basis since the mid-1980s which was a period of intense shipbreaking activity.
Northern made much of the scrapping of the first of the Pacers (142005), and to date 35 of its Class 142s have been scrapped, with a further 11 off-lease at Gascoigne Wood.
Word Forms
- scrappings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include waste, downgrading, cancelled, suppressing, suppression, disintegration.
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