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Definition of Scrap
Scrap

Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.

The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.

Same as Scrap iron, below.

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Scrap Quotations

The artist is a receptacle for the emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
Pablo Picasso

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.
Pablo Picasso

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see - every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.
Graham Greene

When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government.
Alexander Chase

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.
Dean Koontz

Scrap Translations

scrap in Afrikaans is flard
scrap in Danish is lap, pjalt
scrap in Dutch is afkeuren
scrap in Finnish is repale
scrap in French is ferraille, chiffon, mettre au rebut
scrap in German is ausrangieren, Teil, Schrott
scrap in Italian is ferraglia
scrap in Norwegian is klut
scrap in Portuguese is sucata
scrap in Spanish is chatarra, recorte, de desecho
scrap in Swedish is skrot, skrota ned, bit, urklipp


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