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Plural of scrap

regular plural

The plural of scrap is scraps.

Forms of scrap

Singularscrap /ˈskɹæp/
Pluralscraps /skɹæps/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Scraps in a sentence

  • Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.
  • They make beef stock from the butchery scraps that they otherwise might not have used.From the entry stock
  • It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard.From the entry overboard
  • She brought us her quilting scraps in an old floursack, ready to be used in our crafting project.From the entry floursack
  • The kitchen was a bombsite—-unwashed dishes, food scraps and mess everywhere.2023, Jeff Apter, Chasing the Dragon: The Life and Death of Marc Hunter. From the entry bombsite

Meaning of scrap

  1. noun A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
  2. noun The smallest amount.
  3. noun Leftover food.

Full definition of scrap

Questions about the plural of scrap

What is the plural of scrap?
The plural of scrap is scraps.
Is scrap countable?
Scrap is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scrap (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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