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scrap

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[ skrap ]

noun

  1. a small piece or portion; fragment: scraps of cloth.

    a scrap of paper;

    scraps of cloth.

  2. scraps,
    1. bits or pieces of food, especially of leftover or discarded food.
    2. the remains of animal fat after the oil has been rendered; cracklings.
  3. a detached piece of something written or printed:

    scraps of poetry.

  4. broken, discarded, or rejected items or parts for use as raw material or in reprocessing, as old metal that can be melted and reworked:

    The two of them drive around collecting scrap to sell.

  5. chips, cuttings, fragments, or other small pieces of raw material removed, cut away, flaked off, etc., in the process of making or manufacturing an item:

    Their cutting process is faster, but have you seen the amount of scrap it generates?



adjective

  1. consisting of pieces or fragments.
  2. existing in the form of fragments or remnants of use only for reworking, as metal.
  3. discarded or left over:

    She was fashioning a toy out of some scrap wood.

verb (used with object)

scrapped, scrapping.
  1. to break up into pieces for discarding or reworking:

    to scrap old cars.

  2. to discard as useless, worthless, or ineffective:

    He urged that we scrap the old method of teaching mathematics.

scrap

2

[ skrap ]

noun

  1. a fight or quarrel:

    She got into a scrap with her in-laws.

verb (used without object)

scrapped, scrapping.
  1. to engage in a fight or quarrel.

scrap

1

/ ²õ°ì°ùæ±è /

noun

  1. a small piece of something larger; fragment
  2. an extract from something written
    1. waste material or used articles, esp metal, often collected and reprocessed
    2. ( as modifier )

      scrap iron

  3. plural pieces of discarded food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make into scrap
  2. to discard as useless
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

scrap

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/ ²õ°ì°ùæ±è /

noun

  1. a fight or argument
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to quarrel or fight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scrap1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English noun scrappe “scrap of food,†from Old Norse skrap, derivative of skrapa “t´Ç scrape â€

Origin of scrap2

First recorded in 1670–80; variant of scrape
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scrap1

C14: from Old Norse skrap; see scrape

Origin of scrap2

C17: perhaps from scrape
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Example Sentences

At “‘Inside Edition,’†she said, she and colleagues “check out and verify every scrap of information that we include in a story; we have standards that are as strict as at the networks.â€

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It said it had reached a deal with the ANC that would see the VAT increase scrapped, while alternative ways of raising revenue for the government are explored.

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He says he would scrap the current algorithm in favour of a far more open version where users have more control over what they see on the platform.

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But officials scrapped the Specific Needs Awareness Planning database in 2016.

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British acts Muse and Robbie Williams are facing pressure from pro-opposition supporters in Turkey to scrap summer tours of the country over allegations that the local concert organiser insulted anti-government protesters.

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