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# scraps

noun (scraps — plural of scrap; scrap, a scrap); verb form (scraps — of scrap: scrap, scraps, scrapped, scrapping)

«scraps» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Scraps are small pieces of something, especially left over, like scraps of paper or cloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#m1)
2. Food scraps are bits of food left after a meal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#m2)
3. Scrap (metal) is old metal collected to be used again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#m3)
4. A scrap is also a small fight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#m4)
5. «Scraps» is also the verb: «he scraps the plan» means he throws it away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life food scraps can go to compost or the bin; in art lessons pupils use scraps of paper and fabric for collages. In stories, hungry characters live on scraps. Phrases: «food scraps», «scraps of paper», «scrap metal», «table scraps», «get into a scrap».

### Examples

- Put the food scraps in the compost bin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x1)
- We made a collage from scraps of coloured paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x2)
- Don't feed the dog scraps from the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x3)
- Old cars are crushed and sold as scrap metal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x4)
- The boys got into a scrap in the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x5)
- The poor puppy lived on scraps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x6)
- All kinds of things swam over her--shavings, bits of straw, and scraps of old newspapers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x7)

### Note

Plural of «scrap». Verb: «scrap» = throw away or cancel, past «scrapped» (double p). Don't confuse with «scrape» (to rub with something sharp).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scraps» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scraps» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scraps.html) on Mova free.