Synonyms for scrap
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Piece — A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. The smallest amount
piece, bit, chip, shred, grain, flake, crumb, fragment, fleck, morsel, jot, cutting, portion, atom, chunk, part, hunk, drop, particle, end, tittle, scintilla
2. Junk — discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk
junk, trash US, rubbish AU, waste, garbage US AU CA, refuse, debris, litter, offal, gash slang UK
4. Scratching — A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips
Verb
3. Throw out
throw out, get rid of, discard, chuck, jettison, dispose of, toss out, ditch, toss, run hands slang
Definitions
- n. 1
A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. The smallest amount.
- n. 2
Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
That car isn't good for anything but scrap.
- v. 1
To stop working on (a project or plan) indefinitely.
- v. 2
To discard; to get rid of.
Related words
- Word family
- scrappy scrapper
- Phrases
- scrap dealer scrap merchant
Example sentences
- piece He showed kindness by giving me a piece of advice.
- cutting Banks are cutting lending to industrial borrowers.
- chunk Tourism could bring Algeria a big chunk of income.
- shred The last shred of hope had vanished from her heart.
- junk There's nothing in here but a lot of useless junk.
- fighting They did not want to get involved in the fighting.
By length
- 3 letters
- end1, bit1, jot1
- 4 letters
- part1, drop1, chip1, junk1, toss1, atom2, hunk1, gash1
- 5 letters
- fight1, piece1, waste1, trash1, grain1, chuck1, ditch1, chunk1, shred1, abort2, flake1, crumb1, fleck1, offal
- 6 letters
- combat2, refuse2, cancel2, debris2, litter2, morsel2, tittle2, argufy
- 7 letters
- cutting2, portion2, dispute2, garbage2, rubbish2, discard2, quarrel2, gribble2, gubbins2
- 8 letters
- fighting2, particle3, fragment2, skirmish2, jettison3
- 9 letters
- scrimmage2, scintilla3, altercate
- 10 letters
- scratching2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (atom2 = 2 syllables).