scrap

{{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}}

noun

1 small piece or amount

ADJECTIVE

▪ little, small, tiny

▪

She scribbled the address on a little scrap of paper.

▪ last

▪

He removed the last scraps of food from his plate.

▪ leftover

▪ food, kitchen, table (AmE)

▪

The pigs are fed on food scraps.

PREPOSITION

▪ scrap of

▪

Every scrap of land in the town has been built on.

PHRASES

▪ every last scrap

▪

He ate every last scrap of the food.

2 recyclable items or material

… OF SCRAP

▪ piece

VERB + SCRAP

▪ sell sth as, sell sth for

▪

The engine has been sold for scrap.

SCRAP + NOUN

▪ iron, material, metal, paper, wood

▪ heap, yard (usually scrapyard)

▪

My first computer has been consigned to the scrap heap.

▪ dealer, merchant (BrE)

▪ value

▪

The scrap value of the car is around $200.

3 (informal) fight

VERB + SCRAP

▪ get into, have

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the scrap

▪

He looks like he's been in a scrap.

▪ scrap with

▪

He had a bit of a scrap with the boy next door.

{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}

verb

Scrap is used with these nouns as the object: ↑plan, ↑programme, ↑system