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as in remainders
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value
only a scrap of silk was left on the sewing table after they had finished the project
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as in fragments
a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete
a scrap of paper fluttered to the floor
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as in bits
a very small piece
brushed away a scrap of lint
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as in fights
an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
the state legislature's annual scrap over the budget
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as in skirmishes
a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups
several drunken revelers were involved in a scrap outside of the nightclub
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as in bickers
to express different opinions about something often angrily
the young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits
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as in discards
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we've decided to scrap the second car
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as in abandons
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague
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Recent Examples of scraps
Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
Eco effort Few & Far Luvhondo operates on solar power and is 100% zero waste, in part thanks to an army of black soldier flies that turn food scraps into fertilizer.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
Ciara tries to sabotage by giving Jane literal scraps of fabric, meaning Jane has to create a textile for her dress from scratch.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
The trash may be full of sticky residues, sweet liquids, and food scraps that wasps like.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
Vermicompost is a compost produced by red wiggler worms that like to decompose biowaste, such as food scraps, hygiene products and cotton clothing, recycling them rather than throwing them away.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2026
People seize on the tiniest scraps of evidence to justify their belief that Earth has already received interstellar visitors.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
While the wives did the dishes, the men strung tin cans on a line around the tent and piled up scraps of rusty iron so the bears could not approach without alerting us.
—Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
For the second version, Fan went dumpster diving and found scraps at furniture stores, motors on eBay and bookends from the dollar store that were the perfect height.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
And there, for the fifth time, was Azzi Fudd as the colorful scraps of paper, shot from big cannons, fluttered down all around her.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
Eco effort Few & Far Luvhondo operates on solar power and is 100% zero waste, in part thanks to an army of black soldier flies that turn food scraps into fertilizer.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
Ciara tries to sabotage by giving Jane literal scraps of fabric, meaning Jane has to create a textile for her dress from scratch.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
The trash may be full of sticky residues, sweet liquids, and food scraps that wasps like.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
Vermicompost is a compost produced by red wiggler worms that like to decompose biowaste, such as food scraps, hygiene products and cotton clothing, recycling them rather than throwing them away.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2026
People seize on the tiniest scraps of evidence to justify their belief that Earth has already received interstellar visitors.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
While the wives did the dishes, the men strung tin cans on a line around the tent and piled up scraps of rusty iron so the bears could not approach without alerting us.
—Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
For the second version, Fan went dumpster diving and found scraps at furniture stores, motors on eBay and bookends from the dollar store that were the perfect height.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).
—Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Scraps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraps. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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