scraps

Noun

scrap (countable and uncountable, plural scraps)

1. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
   • I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.

   Synonyms:

   scraplet, snippet, bit, chip, chunk, tranche, clip, crumb, crumbling, cutting

   1. The smallest amount.
      • I don't care a scrap.
2. (plural-normally) Leftover food.
   • Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.

   Synonyms:

   gubbins, leftover, ort

3. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
   • pork scraps
4. (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
   • That car isn't good for anything but scrap.

   Synonyms:

   cultch, crap, debris, dreck, drek, garbage, gash, junk, litter, pelf

5. (UK, in plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.

   Synonyms:

   gribble, scratching

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