scrap

🇺🇸 /skræp/ 🇬🇧 /skræp/
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noun
R

A small piece of something, like paper or cloth.

She used a scrap of paper to write a note.

R

A very small amount of something.

There wasn't a scrap of food left on the plate.

R

Leftover food after eating.

We gave the dinner scrap to the cat.

R

Old things that can be recycled for materials.

The old metal was sold as scrap.

R

A small fight or argument.

The boys got into a scrap over the toy.

intransitive verb
R

To cancel or throw away something useless.

They decided to scrap the old project.

R

To fight with someone.

The kids started to scrap in the playground.

translation

n. A small piece of something, like paper or cloth.; A very small amount of something.; Leftover food after eating.; Old things that can be recycled for materials.; A small fight or argument.
vi. To cancel or throw away something useless.; To fight with someone.

Word Forms

3rd Present scraps
Past scrapped
Perfect scrapped
Progressive scrapping
Plural scraps