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1. WordNet® 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"

2. 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.
      [1913 Webster]
      [1913 Webster]

   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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3. 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.
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
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)


Thesaurus Results for scrap:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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