scrap
/ˈskɹæp/
scrap noun: a (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
Noun (1)
scrap (countable and uncountable, plural scraps)
- A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
- I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
- I have no materials — not a scrap.1852, Thomas De Quincey, “Sir William Hamilton”, in Hogg's Instructor
- The smallest amount.
- I don't care a scrap.
- “I don't mind anything. I don't mind your being technically German a scrap. All I think is that it was a little—well, perhaps a little excessive to marry another German when you had done it once already. […]”1920, [Elizabeth von Arnim], In the Mountains, Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, page 188
- Leftover food.
- Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.
- The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
- pork scraps
- Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
- That car isn't good for anything but scrap.
- “We need a set of wheels to carry out this plan of yours.”
“Queenie?”
“We need her now more than ever.”
“Will she still be in the field where we left her?”
“No, no, no. The fuzz will have towed her away by now.”
“Where will she be, then?”
“They will have sold the old girl off for scrap.”2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
- A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
- Synonyms:
- gribble, scratching
- Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
- Synonyms:
- trash
- A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
- A snare for catching birds.
Verb (1)
scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)
- To discard; to get rid of.
- The party plans to scrap the military-drafted constitution, and bring the army's many business interests under the Ministry of Finance.2023 May 29, Jonathan Head, “Pita Limjaroenrat: Thai election upstart who vows to be different”, in BBC
- "The wire is probably at the station."
"True; you said 10.45. Well, what do you propose doing now?"
"Scrapping all our arrangements and recovering the papers without arresting Slater."1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
- To stop working on (a project or plan) indefinitely.
- To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
- To dispose of at a scrapyard.
- 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.2020 May 20, John Crosse, “Soon to be gone... but never forgotten”, in Rail, page 63
- To make into scrap.
- Standing on the mountain above Caerphilly, one may reflect upon the gap where once stood Llanbradach Viaduct, and look near at hand upon the restored ruins of Caerphilly Castle; man labours to rebuild the mediaeval whilst he ruthlessly scraps the modern.1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 165
Noun (2)
scrap (plural scraps)
Verb (2)
scrap (third-person singular simple present scraps, present participle scrapping, simple past and past participle scrapped)
- to fight
- Oh yeah! Keep it spicy! You know I love a good tussle, Gonzales! Keep on scrappin', son! 'Course, it ain't gonna do you much good in the end.2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville
scrap meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
scrap in Hindi
- scrap
- पारचा pārcā
- scrap, morsel
- खंड khaṇḍ
scrap in Tamil
- ஒதுக்கி அழி, ஒதுக்கித் தள்ளு, ஓட்டை உடைசல், கழிவுப்பொருள், பழைய இரும்பு, பிசிறு
scrap in Marathi
- discarded objects
- भंगार bhaṅgār
scrap in Urdu
- scrap
- پارچہ pārca, کھنڈ khanḍ
More languagesFewer languages
- scrap in Bengali
- টুকরো, ভাঙা অংশ, লড়াই
- scrap in Telugu
- స్క్రాప్
- scrap in Malayalam
- ആക്രി ākri
- scrap in Kannada
- ತುಣುಕು, ಚೂರು, ಉಳಿಕೆ, ತಿಂಡಿಚೂರು
- scrap in Punjabi
- ਸਕ੍ਰੈਪ, ਸਕ੍ਰੈਪ ਕਰੋ
- scrap in Gujarati
- ભંગાર bhaṅgār
- scrap in Odia
- ସ୍କ୍ରାପ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ, ସ୍କ୍ରାପ୍
- scrap in Nepali
- स्क्र्याप, स्क्रैप
- scrap in Arabic
- خُرْدَة ḵurda, يتخلى, نبذ, شجار
- scrap in Persian
- قراضه qorâze
Examples of scrap in a sentence
- They make beef stock from the butchery scraps that they otherwise might not have used.
- The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.
- His latest sculpture is a hodgepodge of kitchen clutter and scrap glued together.
Synonyms of scrap
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Forms of scrap
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | scraps |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | scraps |
| present participle | scrapping |
| past participle | scrapped |
| past | scrapped |
Origin of scrap
From Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Cf. Swedish skräp (“garbage”).
Perhaps from the obsolete colloquial meaning "sinister plot, scheme, villainy", or a dialectal variant of scrape.
Words formed from scrap
Phrases with scrap
Words that rhyme with scrap
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- map
- rap
- slap
- overlap
- pap
- crap
- sap
- yap
- bap
- unwrap
- app
- chap
- dap
- frappe
- nap
- uncap
- wap
- entrap
- enwrap
- fap
- frap
- hap
- jap
- minimap
- Phrygian cap
- plap
- recap
- whap
- anion gap
- asap
- bad rap
- belap
- betrap
- cloth cap
- Fanny Murray cap
- FAPP
- GAAP
- ion trap
- katsap
- lagniappe
- mishap
- Noddy cap
- scap
- shrap
- stap
- umbelap
- unstrap
- voting cap
Questions about scrap
- What does scrap mean?
- Scrap means a (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
- What is scrap in Hindi?
- Scrap in Hindi is पारचा (pārcā), खंड (khaṇḍ). See Scrap meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is scrap?
- Scrap can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce scrap?
- Scrap is pronounced /ˈskɹæp/.
- What is the plural of scrap?
- The plural of scrap is scraps.
Words near scrap in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scrap (page history and authors); खंड (Hindi) (page history and authors); scrap (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); پارچہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); scrap (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scrap (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrap (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scrap (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ભંગાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); scrap (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrap (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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