scrap

1. noun

1)

a scrap of paper

Syn:

fragment, piece, bit, snippet, shred, oddment, remnant

2)

there wasn't a scrap of evidence

Syn:

bit, shred, speck, iota, particle, ounce, jot

3)

the foxes ate all our scraps

Syn:

leftovers, crumbs, remains, remnants, residue

4)

a sculpture made from scrap

Syn:

waste, rubbish, refuse, debris; N.Amer. garbage, trash; informal junk

2. verb

1)

old computers are scrapped

Syn:

throw away, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, discard, dispense with, bin, decommission, break up, demolish; informal chuck (away/out), ditch, dump, junk; Brit.; informal get shot of; N.Amer.; informal trash

2)

the scheme is to be scrapped

Syn:

abandon, drop, abolish, withdraw, do away with, put an end to, cancel, axe; informal ditch, dump, junk

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Ant:

keep, preserve