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# scraps

«scraps» in Mova's school dictionary: **small pieces of something, especially left over, like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (scraps — plural of scrap; scrap, a scrap); verb form (scraps — of scrap: scrap, scraps, scrapped, scrapping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Scraps are small pieces of something, especially left over, like scraps of paper or cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#m1)

2) Food scraps are bits of food left after a meal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#m2)

3) Scrap (metal) is old metal collected to be used again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#m3)

4) A scrap is also a small fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#m4)

5) «Scraps» is also the verb: «he scraps the plan» means he throws it away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life food scraps can go to compost or the bin; in art lessons pupils use scraps of paper and fabric for collages. In stories, hungry characters live on scraps. Phrases: «food scraps», «scraps of paper», «scrap metal», «table scraps», «get into a scrap».

### examples

- Put the food scraps in the compost bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x1)
- We made a collage from scraps of coloured paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x2)
- Don't feed the dog scraps from the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x3)
- Old cars are crushed and sold as scrap metal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x4)
- The boys got into a scrap in the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x5)
- The poor puppy lived on scraps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x6)
- All kinds of things swam over her--shavings, bits of straw, and scraps of old newspapers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/#x7)

### note

Plural of «scrap». Verb: «scrap» = throw away or cancel, past «scrapped» (double p). Don't confuse with «scrape» (to rub with something sharp).

### In the corpora

- [In many countries it is against the law to feed pigs kitchen leftovers, because meat scraps can spread serious pig diseases.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/138-peppa-pig-real-pigs/13/)
- [Bones, frozen bodies, cave paintings and chewed scraps are the clues that let us picture this lost world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/385-ice-age-ukraine-and-europe-cave-bears-cave-lions-the-siberian-unicorn-and-mammoth-bone-houses/8/)
- [A compost heap gets warm because microbes break down the scraps and release energy as heat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould/18/)
- [Food scraps can be composted: microbes break them down into compost, which feeds plants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/32-recycling-second-life/11/)
- [Before stacking plates, scrape the leftovers into the bin or the food caddy, a small bin just for food scraps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/111-chores-and-broken-things/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scraps» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scraps/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.