scrap

I 1. noun

1)

a scrap of paper

Syn:

fragment, piece, bit, snippet, shred; offcut, oddment, remnant

2)

there wasn't a scrap of evidence

Syn:

bit, speck, iota, particle, ounce, whit, jot, atom, shred, scintilla, tittle, jot or tittle; informal smidgen, tad

3)

he slept in the streets and lived on scraps

Syn:

leftovers, leavings, crumbs, scrapings, remains, remnants, residue, odds and ends, bits and pieces

4)

the whole thing was made from scrap

Syn:

waste, rubbish, refuse, litter, debris, detritus; flotsam and jetsam, garbage, trash; informal junk

2. verb

1)

old cars due to be scrapped

Syn:

throw away, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, toss out, throw on the scrap heap, discard, remove, dispense with, lose, decommission, recycle, break up, demolish; informal chuck, ditch, dump, junk, trash, deep-six

Ant:

keep, preserve

2)

campaigners called for the plans to be scrapped

Syn:

abandon, drop, abolish, withdraw, throw out, do away with, put an end to, cancel, ax, jettison; informal ditch, dump, junk, can, scrub

Ant:

keep, restore

II 1. noun, informal

he and Joe had several scraps

Syn:

quarrel, argument, row, fight, disagreement, difference of opinion, falling-out, blowup, dispute, squabble, contretemps, clash, altercation, brawl, tussle, conflict, shouting match; informal tiff, set-to, run-in, spat, ruction

2. verb

the older boys started scrapping with me

Syn:

quarrel, argue, row, fight, squabble, brawl, bicker, spar, wrangle, lock horns