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garbage, refuse, food waste, scraps
(noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scraps
plural of scrap
scraps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scrap
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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
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States