Synonyms
Noun (1)
Verb (1)
- cashier
- cast (off)
- chuck
- deep-six
- discard
- ditch
- dump
- eighty-six
- 86
- exorcise
- exorcize
- fling (off or away)
- jettison
- junk
- lay by
- lose
- pitch
- reject
- shed
- shuck (off)
- slough (off)
- sluff (off)
- throw away
- throw out
- toss
- unload
Noun (2)
- altercation
- argle-bargle [chiefly British]
- argument
- argy-bargy [chiefly British]
- battle royal
- bicker
- brawl
- contretemps
- controversy
- cross fire
- disagreement
- dispute
- donnybrook
- falling-out
- fight
- hassle
- imbroglio
- kickup
- misunderstanding
- quarrel
- rhubarb
- row
- set-to
- spat
- squabble
- tiff
- wrangle
Verb (2)
Examples of scrap in a Sentence
Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
In 2021, Maryland legislators passed a law requiring certain large generators of food waste, such as higher education institutions, to separate their scraps for composting.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
After the war, many EFC vessels remained unfinished and were either sold for scrap material or turned into barges.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
The program requires residents to separate food scraps and yard waste from the rest of their trash.
—James Barron, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
What: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0) scrap with the Chicago Bears (0-1) in an NFL Week 2 matchup.
—Corey Sheldon | , oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
Simmer the carcass with vegetable scraps in a pot on the stovetop, or use the Instant Pot for a faster, more hands-off process.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
Meanwhile, Facebook and Google together gobble up 80 percent of digital advertising dollars in Canada, leaving the country’s ever-dwindling news business to fight over the scraps.
—Tracey Lindeman, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2023
The manager of the company later located the metal at a nearby scrap yard.
—Robert Higgs, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
Alexander Saeedy, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2023
Under former President Jair Bolsonaro, climate change agendas were not only left aside — but almost scrapped.
—Laura Martins, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023
In the end, the clip with the NSYNC boys was scrapped and both Timberlake and Bass joked about feeling relieved that their bandmates had been cut out of the film.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023
Union demands would force Ford to scrap its investments in electric vehicles, Jim Farley, the company's CEO, said in an interview Friday.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2023
Noname began what was supposed to be her third full-length, a planned polemic about communism and socialism called Factory Baby, in the waning days of pandemic isolation, but ended up scrapping the concept entirely.
—Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2023
Organizers also scrapped the remainder of the day's events after that crash.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
The Fed scrapped that rule during the pandemic and now lets banks decide whether to limit withdrawals or not.
—Tanza Loudenback, wsj.com, 18 Sep. 2023
Microsoft also scrapped plans to launch a dedicated subscription version of Xbox Cloud Gaming.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2023
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old Norse skrap scraps; akin to Old Norse skrapa to scrape
Noun (2)
origin unknown
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
circa 1891, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1846, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
circa 1874, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing scrap
Dictionary Entries Near scrap
Cite this Entry
“Scrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrap. Accessed 2 Oct. 2023.
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scrap
2 of 4 verbscrap
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Middle English scrap "discarded bits of food"; of Norse origin
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