The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
scrap
(verb) make into scrap or refuse; “scrap the old airplane and sell the parts”
quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate
(verb) have a disagreement over something; “We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America”; “These two fellows are always scrapping over something”
trash, junk, scrap
(verb) dispose of (something useless or old); “trash these old chairs”; “junk an old car”; “scrap your old computer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scrapped
simple past tense and past participle of scrap
Source: Wiktionary
Scrap, n. Etym: [OE. scrappe, fr. Icel. skrap trifle, cracking. See Scrape, v. t.]
1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. I have no materials -- not a scrap. De Quincey.
2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
3. pl.
Definition: The crisp substance that remains after trying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.
4. pl.
Definition: Same as Scrap iron, below. Scrap forgings, forgings made from wrought iron scrap.
– Scrap iron. (a) Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which bar iron or forgings can be made; -- called also wrought-iron scrap. (b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable for remelting in the foundry; -- called also founding scrap, or cast scrap.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 January 2025
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.