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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;
- Example: "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
[syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap]

2. worthless material that is to be disposed of;
[syn: rubbish, trash, scrap]

3. a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used;
- Example: "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"
- Example: "there was not a scrap left"

4. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle;
- Example: "a fight broke out at the hockey game"
- Example: "there was fighting in the streets"
- Example: "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
[syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap]


VERB (3)

1. dispose of (something useless or old);
- Example: "trash these old chairs"
- Example: "junk an old car"
- Example: "scrap your old computer"
[syn: trash, junk, scrap]

2. have a disagreement over something;
- Example: "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"
- Example: "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
[syn: quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate]

3. make into scrap or refuse;
- Example: "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scrap \Scrap\ (skr[a^]p), n. [OE. scrappe, fr. Icel. skrap
   trifle, cracking. See Scrape, v. t.]
   1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a
      fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
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            I have no materials -- not a scrap.   --De Quincey.
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   2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed;
      a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
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   3. pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out
      animal fat; as, pork scraps.
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   4. pl. Same as Scrap iron, below.
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   Scrap forgings, forgings made from wrought iron scrap.

   Scrap iron.
      (a) Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which
          bar iron or forgings can be made; -- called also
          wrought-iron scrap.
      (b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable
          for remelting in the foundry; -- called also foundry
          scrap, or cast scrap.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Shrap \Shrap\, Shrape \Shrape\, n. [Cf. Scrap, and Scrape.]
   A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [Written also
   scrap.] [Obs.] --Bp. Bedell.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scrap
    n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
         bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip,
         flake, fleck, scrap]
    2: worthless material that is to be disposed of [syn: rubbish,
       trash, scrap]
    3: 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"
    4: 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" [syn: fight,
       fighting, combat, scrap]
    v 1: dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old
         chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" [syn:
         trash, junk, scrap]
    2: have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the
       question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows
       are always scrapping over something" [syn: quarrel,
       dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate]
    3: make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell
       the parts"


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

SCRAP

   Something written at CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa in the
   late 1970s.  It ran on Interdata and Perkin-Elmer
   computers and was in use until the late 1980s.

   [But what was it?]

   (1994-12-15)