scrap¹ /skrap/

1. A small fragment
2. A piece of left-over food
3. A remnant
4. A cut-out picture, newspaper cutting, or the like, intended or suited for preservation in a scrapbook
5. Residue after extraction of oil from blubber, fish, etc
6. Metal clippings or other waste, often for recycling or re-using
7. Anything discarded as worn-out, out of date, or useless

Consisting of, or of the value of, scrap

1. To consign to the scrapheap
2. To discard, cease to use, do away with, abandon

scrappˈage noun

The scrapping of an old or useless item, esp a motor vehicle

scrappˈily adverb

scrappˈiness noun

scrappˈy adjective

1. Fragmentary
2. Disconnected, disorganized
3. Made up of scraps

scrapˈbook noun

A blank book for pasting in scraps, cuttings, etc

intransitive verb and transitive verb

To keep a scrapbook (of)

scrapˈbooking noun

scrapˈheap noun

1. A place where old iron or useless material is collected
2. A rubbish heap (also figurative)

scrap iron or scrap metal noun

Scraps of iron or other metal, of use only for remelting

scrapˈ-man, scrap merchant or scrapˈ-metal merchant noun

A person who deals in scrap metal

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