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Synonyms of scrap

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Another word for scrap is bit. Other synonyms of scrap are chip, cutting, portion, chunk and fragment.

Synonyms and similar words for scrap

nounA (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

  • scrapletA little scrap; a small piece of something.
  • snippetA small part of something, such as a song or fabric; sample.
  • bitA small amount of something.
  • chipA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
  • chunkA part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
  • tranche
  • clipSomething which has been clipped from a larger whole.
  • crumbA small piece of any other solid substance.
  • crumblingMaterial that has crumbled away; crumbs.
  • cuttingA section removed from a larger whole.
  • flake
  • fragmentA part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not.
  • hunkA large or dense piece of something.
  • lump
  • ortA fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse.
  • piece
  • piecemealA fragment; a scrap.
  • portionThat which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  • sliceA thin, broad piece cut off.
  • sneadA piece; bit; slice.
  • fleak dialectal, obsoleteA thin piece that is chipped or peeled off from the surface of something else.
  • mammock obsoleteA shapeless piece; a fragment.
  • steck dialectal, obsoleteA piece or an item.

nounThe smallest amount.

  • jotA small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.
  • aceA very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
  • atomA very small amount; a whit.
  • thought
  • atomyA tiny particle; an atom, a mote, a speck.
  • bisselA small amount; a bit.
  • continental
  • glimpse
  • dabA small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
  • damnA small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.
  • dashA small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
  • diddlyA small amount of no worth.
  • glint
  • dotAnything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
  • spatter
  • dropA very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
  • dusting
  • fleckA small amount.
  • glimmer
  • hintA small, barely detectable amount.
  • flipA whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
  • flyspeckAnything tiny or insignificant.
  • grain
  • halfpennyworth BritishA negligible amount.
  • hootA small particle; a whit or jot.
  • hooterThe tiniest amount; a whit or jot.
  • inch
  • iotaA jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.
  • lickA small amount; a whit.
  • miteAnything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
  • modicumA modest, small, or trifling amount.
  • moleculeA tiny amount.
  • morceauA small bit; a morsel or snippet.
  • morselA very small amount.
  • mote
  • oochA small amount by which something has changed or moved.
  • ounce
  • particleA very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.
  • pennyworth BritishA small quantity or value.
  • pinchA small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
  • semblance
  • scent
  • scintillaA small or trace amount.
  • scoochA small amount; a skosh.
  • scrupleA very small quantity; a particle.
  • shredA fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.
  • skerrick AustraliaA very small amount or portion; the least bit.
  • skooshA smidge, a small amount.
  • skoshA tiny amount; a little bit.
  • sliverA small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.
  • smatteringA small amount or number of something.
  • smidgeSynonym of smidgen.
  • smidgenChiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.
  • smidget
  • smidgySynonym of smidgen.
  • smitch USA tiny amount; a smidge or smidgen.
  • smithereen
  • soupçonA very small amount; a hint; a trace, slight idea; an inkling.
  • spark figurativelyA small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater...
  • speckA very small amount; a particle; a whit.
  • speckle
  • spotA small, unspecified amount or quantity.
  • sprinkle
  • sprinklingA small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to...
  • strain
  • tadA small amount; a little bit.
  • tidbit
  • tidgeA very small amount.
  • tinge
  • tittle
  • toddickA very small quantity of something.
  • touchA little bit; a small amount.
  • traceA very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
  • trifleA very small amount (of something).
  • tuppence worth BritishA small amount.
  • vestige
  • whiff
  • whitThe smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.
  • aught archaicWhit, the smallest part, iota.
  • relish obsoleteA small amount; a tinge, a trace.
  • scantling archaicA small portion, a scant amount.

nounLeftover food.

nounDiscarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials...

Meaning of scrap

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

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Questions about synonyms of scrap

What is another word for scrap?
Scrap has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as bit, chip, cutting, portion, chunk, fragment, slice and crumbling.
What does scrap mean?
Scrap means a (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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