scrap

Nouns

  • (n) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
    • a bit of rock caught him in the eye
    chip, fleck, bit, flake,
  • (n) worthless material that is to be disposed of rubbish, trash,
  • (n) 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
  • (n) 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
    fighting, combat, fight,

Verbs

  • (v) dispose of (something useless or old)
    • trash these old chairs
    • junk an old car
    • scrap your old computer
    junk, trash,
  • (v) have a disagreement over something
    • We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America
    • These two fellows are always scrapping over something
    altercate, argufy, quarrel, dispute,
  • (v) make into scrap or refuse
    • scrap the old airplane and sell the parts

Synonyms

junk trash chip fleck bit flake rubbish altercate argufy quarrel dispute fighting combat fight

Words of close approximity

scrag scram
scry
scrag scram scree screw scrim scrip scrod scrub scrum
scrapbook scrape scrape along scrape by scraper scrape up scrapheap scrapie scraping scrap iron scrap metal scrapper scrappily scrappiness scrapple scrappy scraps