'Scrap' definitions:
Definition of 'scrap'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap]
noun
noun
A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"
noun
The act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" [syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap]
verb
Dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" [syn: trash, junk, scrap]
verb
Have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate]
verb
Make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts"
Definition of 'Scrap'
From: GCIDE
- Scrap \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. [1913 Webster]
- I have no materials -- not a scrap. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps. [1913 Webster]
- 4. pl. Same as Scrap iron, below. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'scrap'
From: GCIDE
- Shrap \Shrap\, Shrape \Shrape\, n. [Cf. Scrap, and Scrape.] A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [Written also scrap.] [Obs.] --Bp. Bedell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scrap'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abort,
- affray,
- afterglow,
- afterimage,
- argue,
- argument,
- atom,
- balance,
- barney,
- battle,
- battle royal,
- bicker,
- bit,
- bite,
- bobbery,
- bones,
- brawl,
- broil,
- bump heads,
- butt,
- butt end,
- candle ends,
- cashier,
- cast,
- caterwaul,
- cease,
- chaff,
- chip,
- chunk,
- clamjamfry,
- clip,
- clipping,
- close,
- collop,
- conclude,
- crumb,
- culm,
- cut,
- cutting,
- dab,
- deadwood,
- debris,
- determine,
- detritus,
- disagree,
- disagreement,
- discard,
- discards,
- dishwater,
- dispense with,
- dispose of,
- dispute,
- dollop,
- dot,
- draff,
- dregs,
- drip,
- drop,
- droplet,
- dust,
- dustup,
- end,
- fag end,
- fall,
- fight,
- filings,
- finish,
- finish up,
- fleck,
- flyspeck,
- forget,
- forsake,
- fossil,
- fracas,
- fragment,
- fray,
- garbage,
- gash,
- get rid of,
- give up,
- gnat,
- gob,
- gobbet,
- grain,
- hassle,
- hint,
- hogwash,
- holdover,
- hunk,
- husks,
- iota,
- jettison,
- jot,
- junk,
- knock-down-and-drag-out,
- leavings,
- lees,
- leftovers,
- litter,
- lock horns,
- lumber,
- lump,
- make a row,
- microbe,
- microorganism,
- midge,
- minim,
- minutia,
- minutiae,
- mite,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- molecule,
- morceau,
- morsel,
- mote,
- nip,
- odds and ends,
- offal,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- paring,
- parings,
- particle,
- patch,
- pension off,
- perorate,
- piece,
- pinhead,
- pinpoint,
- point,
- potsherds,
- quarrel,
- raff,
- rags,
- rasher,
- raspings,
- refuse,
- reject,
- rejects,
- relics,
- remainder,
- remains,
- remnant,
- residue,
- residuum,
- resolve,
- rest,
- retire,
- rhubarb,
- riffraff,
- roach,
- row,
- rubbish,
- rubble,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- ruins,
- rump,
- rumpus,
- run-in,
- sawdust,
- scintilla,
- scoop,
- scourings,
- scrap iron,
- scraps,
- scratch,
- scuffle,
- scum,
- set-to,
- shadow,
- shard,
- shards,
- shaving,
- shavings,
- shed,
- shindy,
- shiver,
- shoddy,
- shred,
- slack,
- slag,
- slice,
- sliver,
- slop,
- slops,
- slough,
- smitch,
- smithereen,
- snack,
- snatch,
- snick,
- snip,
- snippet,
- spar,
- spat,
- speck,
- splinter,
- squabble,
- stitch,
- stop,
- straw,
- stubble,
- stump,
- suggestion,
- superannuate,
- survival,
- sweepings,
- swill,
- tag,
- tares,
- tatter,
- terminate,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- tiff,
- tittle,
- trace,
- traces,
- trash,
- truck,
- vanishing point,
- vestige,
- vestiges,
- wastage,
- waste,
- waste matter,
- wastepaper,
- weeds,
- whit,
- whoop,
- wind up,
- wrangle