English Explanatory Dictionary

scrap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
  2. The smallest amount.
  3. Leftover food.
  4. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
  5. Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
  6. A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
  7. Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
  8. A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
  9. A snare for catching birds.
verb
  1. To discard; to get rid of.
  2. To stop working on (a project or plan) indefinitely.
  3. To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
  4. To dispose of at a scrapyard.
  5. To make into scrap.
noun
  1. A fight, tussle, skirmish.
verb
  1. to fight

Pronunciation

/ˈskɹæp/ en-us-scrap.ogg

Word forms

scrap scraps scrapping scrapped

Etymology

From Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Cf. Swedish skräp (“garbage”).

Synonyms

scraplet snippet bit chip chunk clip crumb crumbling cutting flake fleak fragment hunk lump mammock ort piece piecemeal portion scrap slice snead steck jot ace atom atomy aught bissel glimpse dab damn dash diddly glint dot spatter drop dusting fleck glimmer hint flip flyspeck grain halfpennyworth inch iota lick mite modicum molecule morceau morsel mote ooch ounce particle pennyworth pinch

Derived words

e-scrap fish scrap scrapbook scrap book scrap car scrap dealer scrap heap scrapheap scrap merchant scrap paper scrappy scrapyard table scrap scrapper

Translations

Bulgarian: парче Bulgarian: късче Catalan: restes Catalan: bocí Chinese Mandarin: 碎片 Chinese Mandarin: 斷片 /断片 Czech: útržek Dutch: restje Finnish: palanen Finnish: pala Finnish: pätkä Finnish: ylijäämäpala Finnish: tilkku French: bribe French: bout Galician: refugallo Galician: restroballo German: Stückchen German: Fetzen Irish: blúire Italian: pezzo Italian: frammento Japanese: 欠片 Japanese: 断片 Latin: frustum Māori: mara Māori: kuha Māori: tūāporo Polish: kawałek Polish: urywek Polish: fragment Portuguese: apara Portuguese: retalho Romanian: rest Romanian: capăt Russian: кусо́чек Russian: клочо́к Russian: обры́вок Russian: лоскуто́к Scottish Gaelic: buineag Spanish: resto
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