scrap

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This scrap is his real letter: I scanned it alone in my room, trembling, hot and cold by turns.

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  1. noun A small piece or bit; a fragment.
  2. noun Leftover bits of food.
  3. noun Discarded waste material, especially metal suitable for reprocessing.

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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

bit ·  fragment ·  shred ·  strip ·  chunk ·  pile ·  bundle ·  sheet ·  remnant ·  morsel ·  roll ·  rag

Used in the same contextWord Family

scrap:   scraps ·  scrapping ·  scrapped
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Etymologies (7)

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  1. Middle English, from Old Norse skrap, trifles, pieces; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Perhaps variant of scrape.

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  1. from Middle English scrappe, from Icelandic skrap, scraps, trifles, = Norwegian skrap = Swedish *skrap in af-skrap, off-scrapings, refuse, dregs, = Danish skrab, scrapings, trash, from Icelandic Swedish Norwegian skrapa = Danish skrabe = English scrape: see scrape.
  2. from scrap, n.
  3. from scraps, v. Cf. scrape, n., 3.
  4. Also scrape, and assibilated shrap, shrape; perhaps due to scrap = scrape, scratch, grub, as fowls; but cf. Icelandic skreppa, a mouse-trap, perhaps same as skreppu, a bag, scrip: see scrip.
  5. scrap, n.
 

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