SCRAP


Meaning of SCRAP in English

n. 25B6; noun

a scrap of paper : FRAGMENT, piece, bit, snippet, shred; offcut, oddment, remnant.

there wasn't a scrap of evidence : BIT, speck, iota, particle, ounce, whit, jot, atom, shred, scintilla, tittle, jot or tittle; informal smidgen, tad.

he slept rough and lived on scraps : LEFTOVERS, leavings, crumbs, scrapings, remains, remnants, residue, odds and ends, bits and pieces.

the whole thing was made from bits of scrap : WASTE, rubbish, refuse, litter, debris, detritus; flotsam and jetsam; N. Amer. garbage, trash; informal junk.

25B6; verb

old cars which are due to be scrapped : THROW AWAY, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, toss out, throw on the scrap heap, discard, remove, dispense with, lose, bin; decommission, recycle, break up, demolish; informal chuck (away/out), ditch, dump, junk, get shut of; Brit. informal get shot of; N. Amer. informal trash.

campaigners called for the plans to be scrapped : ABANDON, drop, abolish, withdraw, throw out, do away with, put an end to, cancel, axe, jettison; informal ditch, dump, junk.

keep, preserve.

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