scrap
1. a small fragment of something broken off from the whole (Freq. 1)
- a bit of rock caught him in the eye
• Syn:
bit, chip, flake, fleck
• Derivationally related forms:
flaky (for: flake), flakey (for: flake), flake (for: flake), chip (for: chip)
• Hypernyms:
fragment
• Hyponyms:
matchwood, scale, scurf, exfoliation, splinter, sliver
2. the act of fighting;
any contest or struggle
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
• Syn:
fight, fighting, combat
• Derivationally related forms:
scrappy, combat (for: combat), fight (for: fighting), fight (for: fight)
• Hypernyms:
conflict, struggle, battle
• Hyponyms:
gunfight, gunplay, shootout, brush, clash,
encounter, skirmish, close-quarter fighting, dogfight, fencing, in-fighting,
set-to, shock, impact, hassle, scuffle, tussle,
rough-and-tumble, duel, affaire d'honneur, fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest,
battering, banging, beating, whipping, affray, disturbance,
fray, ruffle, brawl, free-for-all, knife fight, snickersnee,
cut-and-thrust, rumble, gang fight, single combat
• Part Meronyms:
blow
3. worthless material that is to be disposed of
• Syn:
rubbish, trash
• Derivationally related forms:
trashy (for: trash), trash (for: trash), rubbishy (for: rubbish)
• Hypernyms:
waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
• Hyponyms:
scrap metal, debris, dust, junk, rubble,
detritus, litter
4. a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used
- she jotted it on a scrap of paper
- there was not a scrap left
• Hypernyms:
piece
1. dispose of (something useless or old) (Freq. 1)
- trash these old chairs
- junk an old car
- scrap your old computer
• Syn:
trash, junk
• Derivationally related forms:
junk (for: junk), trash (for: trash)
• Hypernyms:
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away,
chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away,
cast away, put away
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. have a disagreement over something
- We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America
- These two fellows are always scrapping over something
• Syn:
quarrel, dispute, argufy, altercate
• Derivationally related forms:
scrapper, disputative (for: dispute), dispute (for: dispute), disputation (for: dispute), disputant (for: dispute), quarrel (for: quarrel), quarreller (for: quarrel), quarreler (for: quarrel)
• Hypernyms:
argue, contend, debate, fence
• Hyponyms:
brawl, wrangle, spat, polemize, polemise,
polemicize, polemicise, fall out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. make into scrap or refuse
- scrap the old airplane and sell the parts
• Hypernyms:
convert
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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