scrap

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1. scrap - Noun

2. scrap - Verb

Meaning

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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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

Grab it while you can - grab every scrap of happiness while you can. Noël Coward

What the learned world tends to offer is one second-hand scrap of information illustrating ideas derived from another second-hand scrap of information. The second-handedness of the learned world is the secret of its mediocrity. Alfred North Whitehead

My first official consulting job, therefore, was for a scrap metal dealer (he resented the term "junk dealer") in East Edmonton named Benny Sugarman. Preston Manning

I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they do with all those scraps of paper with my signature on it? Vida Blue

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap. Ayn Rand

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