1 of 4 noun. ˈskrap. 1. plural : pieces of discarded or leftover food. 2. : a small bit : fragment. 3. : things discarded as worthless. scrap · 2 of 4 verb.
to break up into pieces for discarding or reworking: to scrap old cars. to discard as useless, worthless, or ineffective: He urged that we scrap the old method ...
Word Originverb sense 1 late Middle English (as a plural noun denoting fragments of uneaten food): from Old Norse skrap 'scraps'; related to skrapa 'to scrape'.
1. a small piece of something larger; fragment · 2. an extract from something written · 3. a. waste material or used articles, esp metal, often collected and ...
noun. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole · bit ; noun. worthless material that is to be disposed of · garbage ; verb. have a disagreement over ...