Definition of "scrap" in Anglais

noun

1. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

   • I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.

2. (usually in the plural) Leftover food.

   • Give the scraps to the animals: any meat to the dogs, and the rest to the hogs.

3. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.

   • pork scraps

4. (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

   • That car isn't good for anything but scrap.

5. (UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.

6. (uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.

7. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.

8. (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.

verb

1. (transitive) To discard; to get rid of.

2. (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.

3. (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.

4. (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.

5. (transitive) To make into scrap.

noun

1. A fight, tussle, skirmish.

   • We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill.

verb

1. to fight