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Scrap

Noun

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1.NounA (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
"I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.; I don't care a scrap."
2.NounThe smallest amount.
"I don't care a scrap."
3.NounLeftover food.
"Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs."
4.NounThe crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
"pork scraps"
5.NounDiscarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.English Wikipedia has an article on:scrap [4]Wikipedia .mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:5px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid;display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box-logo{min-width:44px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:first-child{float:none!important;flex:none}.mw-parser-output .interproject-box>div:nth-child(2){margin-left:0.55em!important}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-hide{display:none}body.skin-vector:not(.skin-vector-2022) .mw-parser-output .interproject-box .vector-inline-block{display:inline-block;margin-left:0!important}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%;padding:6px}}
"That car isn't good for anything but scrap."
6.NounA piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
7.NounLoose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
8.NounA Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
9.NounA snare for catching birds.
10.VerbTo discard; to get rid of.
11.VerbTo stop working on (a project or plan) indefinitely.
12.VerbTo scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
13.VerbTo dispose of at a scrapyard.
14.VerbTo make into scrap.
15.NounA fight, tussle, skirmish.
"We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill."
16.Verbto fight
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