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Added 8 October 2026

scrap

/ˈskɹæp/ noun

In Latin: frustum Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about scrap at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
The smallest amount.
I don't care a scrap.
Leftover food.
Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.

verb

To discard; to get rid of.
To stop working on (a project or plan) indefinitely.
To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.

noun

A fight, tussle, skirmish.
We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.

verb

to fight

Origin

From Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Cf. Swedish skräp (“garbage”).

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