scrap

Everyday

1. A scrap is a small piece of something, such as paper or cloth. tree →
2. Scraps are bits of food left over after a meal. tree →
3. Scrap is old metal or other material that is thrown away or recycled. tree →
4. To scrap something means to get rid of it or cancel it. tree →
5. A scrap is a small fight or argument (informal). tree →

In the lessons

Everyday life: scrap paper for jotting; feed scraps to the hens; scrap cars are recycled. Art and design: scraps of fabric for a collage, a scrapbook. Stories and playground: a scrap is a little fight. Plans: «the trip was scrapped» means cancelled. Phrases: scrap paper, a scrap of, food scraps, scrap metal, scrapbook.

Examples

• Use scrap paper for your working out. tree →
• We fed the food scraps to the chickens. tree →
• The old car was sold for scrap. tree →
• The school scrapped the plan for a new pool. tree →
• There isn't a scrap of food left. tree →
• Two boys got into a scrap in the playground. tree →
• She glued scraps of fabric onto her collage. tree →
• Trembling with joy, he picked every scrap he could see, and placed it in his wallet. tree →

Note

Past: scrapped, -ing: scrapping (double p). Don't confuse with «scrape» (rub with something sharp: scraped). In maths, «scrap paper» is for rough work, so you can show your working.

In Jewish tradition

Plaster was scraped off the walls of a house with a plague. In the primary lessons: Everyday life: scrap paper for jotting; feed scraps to the hens; scrap cars are recycled. Art and design: scraps of fabric for a collage, a scrapbook. Stories and playground: a scrap is a little fight. Plans: «the trip was scrapped» means cancelled. Phrases: scrap paper, a scrap of, food scraps, scrap metal, scrapbook.

Examples

• And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place. (Torah LEV.14.41, JPS 1917) tree →
• And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that the stones have been taken out, and after the house hath been scraped, and after it is plastered; (Torah LEV.14.43, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Past: scrapped, -ing: scrapping (double p). Don't confuse with «scrape» (rub with something sharp: scraped). In maths, «scrap paper» is for rough work, so you can show your working.