Scrap Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Scrap

Learn about the word Scrap to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Scrap definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Scrap

Scrap Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Scrap? [n] a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [n] a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [v] make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts" [v] have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something" [v] dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Scrap: altercate \| argufy \| bit \| chip \| dispute \| end \| flake \| fleck \| junk \| oddment \| quarrel \| remainder \| remnant \| trash Related Terms \| Find terms related to Scrap: See Also \| argue \| brawl \| cast aside \| cast away \| cast out \| chuck out \| contend \| convert \| debate \| discard \| dispose \| exfoliation \| fag end \| fall out \| fence \| flinders \| fling \| fragment \| matchwood \| piece of cloth \| piece of material \| polemicise \| polemicize \| polemise \| polemize \| put away \| scale \| scurf \| sliver \| spat \| splinter \| throw away \| throw out \| toss \| toss away \| toss out \| wrangle Scrap In Webster's Dictionary \Scrap\ (skr[a^]p), n. [OE. scrappe, fr. Icel. skrap trifle, cracking. See {Scrape}, v. t.] 1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. I have no materials -- not a scrap. --De Quincey. 2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract. 3. pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps. 4. pl. Same as {Scrap iron}, below. {Scrap forgings}, forgings made from wrought iron scrap. {Scrap iron}. (a) Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which bar iron or forgings can be made; -- called also {wrought-iron scrap}. (b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable for remelting in the foundry; -- called also {foundry scrap}, or {cast scrap}.

Scrap Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scrap?

[n] a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
[n] a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
[v] make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts"
[v] have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo fellows are always scrapping over something"
[v] dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

Related Terms | Find terms related to Scrap:

Scrap In Webster's Dictionary

\Scrap\ (skr[a^]p), n. [OE. scrappe, fr. Icel. skrap
trifle, cracking. See {Scrape}, v. t.]
1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a
   fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

         I have no materials -- not a scrap.   --De Quincey.

2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed;
   a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.

3. pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out
   animal fat; as, pork scraps.



4. pl. Same as {Scrap iron}, below.



{Scrap forgings}, forgings made from wrought iron scrap.

{Scrap iron}.
   (a) Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which
       bar iron or forgings can be made; -- called also
       {wrought-iron scrap}.
   (b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable
       for remelting in the foundry; -- called also {foundry
       scrap}, or {cast scrap}.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Organic compound ‐ any compound of carbon and another…
Layup ‐ a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or…
Teeming with(p) ‐ filled to overflowing with a vast number of moving or especially…
Freestanding ‐ standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a…
Cote d'ivoire ‐ a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the…
Sphacele calycina ‐ California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white…
Fan tracery ‐ the carved tracery on…
Apatura ‐ large Old World…
Hendrik verwoerd ‐ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid…
Ulysses grant ‐ 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies…