noun / verb
scrap
SKRAP/skræp/
A discarded or leftover fragment.
A small scrap of blue fabric lies beside the larger panel.
Etymology
From a word for scraps and trifles, English scrap first referred to food left after a meal. That leftover sense broadened to any small remnant or detached piece.
In context
They barely flap their wings, riding thermals rising off the ground instead, hoarding every scrap of energy for a full day patrolling the sky.
More examples
- She writes the address on a scrap of paper.
- We save vegetable scraps for the compost pile.
- They scrap the plan when costs rise.
Forms
scrap · scraps · scrapped · scrapping