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scrap
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[ noun ] a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
Examples "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" Used in print (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)Mr._Mills had done some figuring on a scrap of paper and given him the various kinds of boards and two-by-fours which , properly handled , would , he had assured him , turn_into a workbench . |
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[ verb ] dispose of (something useless or old)
Examples "trash these old chairs" "junk an old car" "scrap your old computer" Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)It seemed to me that the liberals had scrapped the balanced polarity and reposed both liberty and the fundamental_law in the common_man . |
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[ verb ] make into scrap or refuse
Examples "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used
Examples "she jotted it on a scrap of paper" "there was not a scrap left" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
Examples "a fight broke out at the hockey game" "there was fighting in the streets" "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" |
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[ verb ] have a disagreement over something
Examples "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America" "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" |
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