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Noun: scraps  skraps
  1. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
    - garbage, refuse, food waste
Noun: scrap  skrap
  1. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole
    "a scrap of rock caught him in the eye";
    - bit, chip, flake, fleck
     
  2. Worthless material that is to be disposed of
    - rubbish, trash, junk [informal]
     
  3. A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used
    "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"
     
  4. The act of fighting; any contest or struggle
    "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap";
    - fight, fighting, combat
     
  5. A small, moderate or token amount
    - modicum, ounce
Verb: scrap (scrapped,scrapping)  skrap
  1. Dispose of (something useless or old)
    "scrap your old computer";
    - trash, junk [informal]
     
  2. Have a disagreement over something
    "These two fellows are always scrapping over something";
    - quarrel, dispute, argufy, altercate, row[2]
     
  3. Make into scrap or refuse
    "scrap the old aeroplane and sell the parts"

Type of: argue, battle, cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, conflict, contend, convert, debate, discard, dispose, fence, fling, fragment, piece, put away, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, struggle, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product

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