About The Word Scrap
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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}.
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