scrap

1. 1.

   dispose of (something useless or old)

   “trash these old chairs”

   “junk an old car”

   “scrap your old computer”

   Synonymstrashjunk

   Broaderdiscard
2. 2.

   have a disagreement over something

   “We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America”

   “These two fellows are always scrapping over something”

   Synonymsquarreldisputeargufyaltercate

   Broaderargue

   Narrowerbrawlspatpolemizefall out
3. 3.

   make into scrap or refuse

   “scrap the old airplane and sell the parts”

   Broaderconvert

Other forms of scrap

plural

scraps·

past tense or participle

scrapped

present participle

scrapping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scrap

What does scrap mean?

scrap means "a small fragment of something broken off from the whole". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scrap?

scrap has 1 syllable: scrap. In IPA it is /ˈskɹæp/.

What is another word for scrap?

Close synonyms include bit, chip, flake, fleck, rubbish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scrap a common word?

scrap is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.