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as in remainders
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value
only a scrap of silk was left on the sewing table after they had finished the project
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as in fragments
a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete
a scrap of paper fluttered to the floor
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as in bits
a very small piece
brushed away a scrap of lint
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as in fights
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
the state legislature's annual scrap over the budget
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as in skirmishes
a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups
several drunken revelers were involved in a scrap outside of the nightclub
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as in bickers
to express different opinions about something often angrily
the young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits
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as in discards
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we've decided to scrap the second car
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as in abandons
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague
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Recent Examples of scraps
David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
The latter fed mostly off scraps in a first half, as an attacking plan that included Dwight McNeil as a No 10 and Tyler Dibling on the right, did not function effectively.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Plenty of stuff gets unearthed during renovations — old newspapers, wallpaper scraps, wide-plank wood floors, sometimes even windows.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2026
Instead of going into the trash, food scraps from the kitchen — potato peels, onion butts, kale ribs — go into the compost bin, too.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
Around 22% of trash in Connecticut is food scraps, DEEP estimates.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
But winter doesn't have to mean the end of turning kitchen and lawn scraps into garden gold.
—Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 2 Jan. 2026
Dispose of food scraps and rinse away loose dirt with warm water.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
Generals capture by far the biggest share of those profits; the colonels and captains who serve under them likely get table scraps.
—Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
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The greens are things like fresh grass clippings and kitchen scraps.
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But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).
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“Scraps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraps. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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