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The correct spelling is scrap.
How to pronounce scrap
/skɹæp/
nounIPA: /skɹæp/
Say it like: Scr-ap
The correct spelling is scrap. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. For example: "I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole."
Usage Examples
“I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.”
“Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.”
“pork scraps”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
- 2.(usually in the plural) Leftover food.
- 3.The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
- 4.Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
- 5.(in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
verb
- 1.To discard.
- 2.(of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
- 3.To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
- 4.To dispose of at a scrapyard.
- 5.To make into scrap.
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