Tra từ scrap - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

scrap [scrap scraps scrapped scrapping] noun, verb BrE [skræp] NAmE [skræp]
noun
1. countable a small piece of sth, especially paper, cloth, etc
•She scribbled his phone number on a scrap of paper.
• (figurative)scraps of information
• (figurative)She was just a scrap of a thing (= small and thin).
2. singular (usually with a negative)a small amount of sth
Syn: ↑bit
•It won't make a scrap of difference.
•There's not a scrap of evidence to support his claim.
•a barren landscape without a scrap of vegetation
3. scrapsplural food left after a meal
•Give the scraps to the dog.
4. uncountable things that are not wanted or cannot be used for their original purpose, but which have some value for the material they are made of
•We sold the car for scrap (= so that any good parts can be used again).
•scrap metal
•a scrap dealer (= a person who buys and sells ↑scrap )
5. countable (informal)a short fight or disagreement
Syn: ↑squabble, Syn: ↑scuffle
•He was always getting into scraps at school.
see also ↑scrappy

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 4 and v. sense 1 late Middle English Old Norse skrap ‘scraps’ skrapa ‘to scrape’ n. sense 5 and v. sense 2 late 17th cent. ‘sinister plot, scheme’ ↑scrape

Example Bank:
•He ate every last scrap of the food.
•He had a bit of a scrap with the boy next door.
•He looks like he's been in a scrap.
•He removed the last scraps of food from his plate.
•My first computer has been consigned to the scrap heap.
•Police estimate the scrap value of the lead at around £8 000.
•She scribbled the address on a little scrap of paper.
•The engine has been sold for scrap.
•The pigs are fed on food scraps.
•The scrap value of the car is around $200.
•I got the doors from a scrap merchant.
•She was just a scrap of a thing.
•Some of the women were wearing scraps of cloth in their hair.
•We need to check every scrap of information that might give us a clue as to what happened.
•We sold the car for scrap.
•scrap metal/iron

verb (-pp-)
1. transitive, often passive ~ sth to cancel or get rid of sth that is no longer practical or useful
•They had been forced to scrap plans for a new school building.
•The oldest of the aircraft were scrapped.
2. intransitive (informal)to fight with sb
•The bigger boys started scrapping.
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Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 4 and v. sense 1 late Middle English Old Norse skrap ‘scraps’ skrapa ‘to scrape’ n. sense 5 and v. sense 2 late 17th cent. ‘sinister plot, scheme’ ↑scrape

Example Bank:
•Around 40 managerial positions are to be scrapped in a major shake-up of the company.
•The government has been forced to scrap plans for a proposed tax reform.
•The oldest of the aircraft should be scrapped.
•The worst cars in the fleet were scrapped first.