scrap

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɹæp/

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• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

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”)

Noun

scrap (plural scraps)

1. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
   • (Can we date this quote by De Quincey and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     I have no materials — not a scrap.

   I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.

2. (usually in the plural) Leftover food.

   Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.

3. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.

   pork scraps

4. (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

   That car isn't good for anything but scrap.

5. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Norte gang.
6. (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.

Derived terms

terms derived from scrap (noun)

• scrap paper
• scrapbook
• scrapheap

• scrappy
• scrapyard

Translations

small leftover piece

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碎片 (zh) (suìpiàn), 斷片／断片 (zh), 断片 (zh) (duànpiàn)

• Czech: útržek m
• Dutch: restje (nl) n
• Finnish: palanen (fi), tilkku (fi)
• French: bribe (fr) f, bout (fr) m
• German: Stückchen (de) n, Fetzen (de) m
• Italian: pezzo (it), frammento (it)
• Japanese: 欠片 (かけら, kakera), 断片 (だんぺん, danpen)
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• Latin: frustum n
• Maori: mara, kuha, tūāporo
• Polish: kawałek (pl) m, urywek (pl) m
• Portuguese: apara (pt) f, retalho (pt) m
• Romanian: rest (ro) n, capăt (ro) n
• Russian: кусо́чек (ru) m (kusóček), клочо́к (ru) m (kločók), обры́вок (ru) m (obrývok) (of paper), лоскуто́к (ru) m (loskutók) (of cloth)
• Scottish Gaelic: buineag f
• Spanish: resto (es) m

leftover food

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殘羹剩飯／残羹剩饭 (zh) (cángēngshèngfàn), 残羹剩饭 (zh) (cángēngshèngfàn)

• Czech: zbytky (cs) m
• Finnish: ruoantähteet pl, tähteet (fi)
• French: restes (fr) m pl (de nourriture)
• German: Reste (de) m pl, Speisereste (de) m, Essensreste (de) m pl
• Italian: avanzo (it), resto (it) m
• Japanese: 食べ残し (たべのこし, tabenokoshi)
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• Maori: pakopako, parakai, paka, pakapaka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: levning m

• Polish: resztki pl
• Portuguese: restos (pt) m pl, sobras
• Romanian: resturi (ro) n pl
• Russian: объе́дки (ru) m pl (obʺjédki), оста́тки (ru) m pl (ostátki) (пищи), очи́стки (ru) m pl (očístki)
• Spanish: sobras (es) f pl, restos (es) m pl

discarded metal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廢物／废物 (zh), 废物 (zh) (fèiwù), 廢棄物／废弃物, 废弃物 (fèiqìwù), 廢鐵／废铁 (zh) (fèitiě), 废铁 (zh) (fèitiě)

• Czech: šrot (cs) m
• Dutch: schroot (nl), oudroest (nl)
• Finnish: romu (fi) (metal); jätteet pl
• French: ferraille (fr) f
• German: Altmaterial n, Altmetall (de) n, Schrott (de) m, Abfall (de) m
• Greek: σκραπ (el) n (skrap)
• Italian: ferraglia (it)
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• Japanese: 屑鉄 (くずてつ, kuzutetsu), 鉄屑 (てつくず, tetsukuzu), スクラップ (ja) (sukurappu)
• Lithuanian: metalo laužas m
• Polish: złom (pl) m
• Portuguese: sucata f
• Romanian: fier vechi (ro)
• Russian: металлоло́м (ru) m (metallolóm), желе́зный лом m (želéznyj lom)
• Spanish: chatarra (es) f
• Ukrainian: металобру́хт m (metalobrúxt)

Verb

1. (transitive) To discard.
2. (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
3. (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
4. (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
5. (transitive) To make into scrap.

Derived terms

• scrapper

Translations

to discard

• Arabic: يتخلى, نبذ
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廢棄／废弃 (zh) (fèiqì), 废弃 (zh) (fèiqì)

• Finnish: romuttaa (fi), hylätä (fi)
• German: wegwerfen (de), verschrotten (de)
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• Italian: buttare via
• Polish: wyrzucać (pl) impf, wyrzucić (pl) pf
• Romanian: arunca (ro)
• Russian: списывать (ru) impf (spisyvatʹ), списать (ru) pf (spisatʹ)

to dispose at the scrapyard

• German: verschrotten (de), abwracken (de)
• Italian: smaltire, rottamare (it)
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• Spanish: desguazar (es), achatarrar (es)

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

scrap (plural scraps)

1. A fight, tussle, skirmish.

   We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.

Translations

fight

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打架 (zh) (dǎjià)

• Finnish: nujakka, nahina
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• French: litige (fr) m
• Polish: bójka (pl) f

Verb

1. to fight

Translations

to fight

• Arabic: شجار
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• Finnish: tapella (fi), nahistella (fi)

Anagrams

• APCRs, Carps, RSPCA, carps, craps, parcs, pracs, scarp