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- [skrap]
- /skræp/
- /skræp/
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- [skrap]
- /skræp/
Definitions of scrap word
- noun scrap a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws. 1
- adjective scrap consisting of scraps or fragments. 1
- adjective scrap existing in the form of fragments or remnants of use only for reworking, as metal. 1
- adjective scrap discarded or left over. 1
- verb with object scrap to make into scraps or scrap; break up: to scrap old cars. 1
- verb with object scrap to discard as useless, worthless, or ineffective: He urged that we scrap the old method of teaching mathematics. 1
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Origin of scrap
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English scrappe (noun) < Old Norse skrap, derivative of skrapa to scrape
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Parts of speech for Scrap
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
scrap popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
scrap usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scrap
verb scrap
- abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
- adios — goodbye; farewell
- altercate — to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- argufy — to argue or quarrel, esp over something trivial
- bicker — When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
noun scrap
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- artifact — any object made by human work; esp., a simple or primitive tool, weapon, vessel, etc.
- atom — An atom is the smallest amount of a substance that can take part in a chemical reaction.
- bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
adj scrap
- counterproductive — Something that is counterproductive achieves the opposite result from the one that you want to achieve.
- in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- inutile — of no use or service.
adjective scrap
- nonfunctional — Not having any particular purpose or function.
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