Meaning

noun a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

noun worthless material that is to be disposed of

noun a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used

originFrom Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from skrapa (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną, *skrepaną (“to scrape, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Cf. Swedish skräp (“garbage”).

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