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noun | verb scrapscrap1 /skræp/ ●●○ noun ETYMOLOGYscrap1Origin: (1-4) 1300-1400 Old Norse skrap scraps ► scrap metal (=metal from old cars, machines, etc. that is melted and used again) ► table/kitchen scraps They fed the dog on table scraps. THESAURUSamount► piece an amount that has been cut or broken from something, or one of the amounts that something has been cut or broken into: The vase has a piece broken off of it. The lamp lay in pieces on the floor (=in small parts). ► scrap a small piece of paper, cloth, etc.: He took out the scrap of paper on which he’d written the address. ► strip a long narrow piece of paper, cloth, etc.: She tore a strip off her shirt to make a bandage. ► chip a small piece of wood or stone, especially one that separates accidentally from a larger piece when it is being cut: The pathway was covered with wood chips. ► flake a very thin flat piece of something such as snow or dried food, which breaks easily: The first flakes of snow were beginning to fall. ► fragment a small piece that has broken off something, especially rock, bone, glass, or metal: Fragments of glass from the car crash were still on the street. ► shard a sharp piece of broken glass, metal, or pottery: They found shards of ancient pots buried in the ground. ► chunk a thick piece of something solid that does not have an even shape: The stew was filled with large chunks of chicken. ► lump a small piece of something solid that does not have a definite shape: She put a lump of brown sugar in her coffee. ► block a piece of a hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides: They were using blocks of wood as stools. ► slice a thin flat piece of bread, meat, etc. cut from a larger piece: Would you like a slice of pie? ► crumb a very small piece of bread, cake, etc.: She scattered crumbs for the birds. ► sliver a very small thin piece of something: There was only a sliver of soap left. ► splinter a small sharp thin piece of wood, glass, or metal, especially one that goes into someone’s skin: He got a splinter in his toe from the old wood floor. 1[countable] a small piece of paper, cloth, etc.: scrap of a message on a scrap of paper Save those fabric scraps to make a quilt.► see thesaurus at piece12[uncountable] materials or objects that are not used anymore for the purpose they were made for, but can be used again in another way: The Kempers sold their old car to a scrap dealer.scrap metal (=metal from old cars, machines, etc. that is melted and used again)3[countable] a small piece of information, truth, etc.: scrap of There isn’t a scrap of evidence.4scraps [plural] pieces of food that are left after you have finished eating: table/kitchen scraps They fed the dog on table scraps.5[countable] informal a short fight or argument: He got into a scrap with a neighbor boy. [Origin: (1-4) 1300–1400 Old Norse skrap scraps] noun | verb scrapscrap2 verb (scrapped, scrapping) VERB TABLEscrap |
| Present | I, you, we, they | scrap | | he, she, it | scraps | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | scrapped | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have scrapped | | he, she, it | has scrapped | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had scrapped | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will scrap | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have scrapped |
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| Present | I | am scrapping | | he, she, it | is scrapping | | you, we, they | are scrapping | | Past | I, he, she, it | was scrapping | | you, we, they | were scrapping | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scrapping | | he, she, it | has been scrapping | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scrapping | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scrapping | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scrapping |
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