noun A small leftover piece or fragment of something.
- She jotted the number on a scrap of paper.
- Not a scrap of evidence was found.
- He fed the dog every last scrap of chicken from his plate.
noun Discarded material, especially metal, kept for reuse or recycling.
- He sold the old car for scrap.
- The yard buys scrap from local builders and sends it to be melted down.
- Collectors gather scrap from old fences and pipes to earn a little extra money.
verb To abandon or discard a plan, project, or object.
- They scrapped the merger after the board objected.
- The old ferry was scrapped last year.
- After three failed tests, the engineers decided to scrap the whole design and start again.
noun An informal fight or scuffle.
- The two brothers got into a scrap over the remote.
- A scrap broke out in the playground, but a teacher quickly separated the boys.
- The puppies had a harmless little scrap over the same chew toy.
