From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shrap \Shrap\, Shrape \Shrape\, n. [Cf. Scrap, and Scrape.]
A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [Written also
scrap.] [Obs.] --Bp. Bedell.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
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)