What part of speech is scrap?

Scrap can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. scrap is a verb, present, 1st person singular of scrap (infinitive).
  • 2. scrap is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. scrap is a noun, singular of scraps.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does scrap mean?

Definitions

Verb

scrap - make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell the parts"
scrap - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
scrap - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

Noun

scrap - a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"
scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
scrap - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye"
scrap - worthless material that is to be disposed of

Examples of scrap

#   Sentence  
1. noun She jotted it on a scrap of paper.
2. noun There was not a scrap left.
3. noun The unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap.
4. noun we have made a furnace as such, we took a clay flower pot with a hole in the bottom put a piece of steel pipe in the middle of it with a cap on the bottom, filled the pipe with brass scrap, surounded the pipe with charcoal lit it off and pumped air through the hole in the pot, everything got red hot but did not melt.
5. noun From a moral standpoint,you guys are really gonna take 2,000 bucks from someone that needs that truck to work and support his family when you know its just a piece of scrap metal?
6. noun Put the plan on the scrap heap.
7. noun There wasn't a scrap of truth in the statement.
8. noun Let's scrap everything and start over again with a clean slate.
9. noun I wrote down his phone number on a scrap of paper.
10. noun There is not a scrap of truth in his words.
11. noun This car will soon have to go for scrap.
12. noun Please get me a scrap of paper.
13. noun Tom asked for Mary's address and wrote it down on a piece of scrap paper.
14. noun The old car was taken for scrap.
15. noun The old car is being taken for scrap.
16. verb Scrap the old airplane and sell the parts.
17. verb Scrap your old computer.
18. verb I think we should scrap this plan.
19. verb The government plans to scrap some of the older planes.
20. verb We should scrap the whole thing.
Sentence  
noun
She jotted it on a scrap of paper.
There was not a scrap left.
The unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap.
we have made a furnace as such, we took a clay flower pot with a hole in the bottom put a piece of steel pipe in the middle of it with a cap on the bottom, filled the pipe with brass scrap, surounded the pipe with charcoal lit it off and pumped air through the hole in the pot, everything got red hot but did not melt.
From a moral standpoint,you guys are really gonna take 2,000 bucks from someone that needs that truck to work and support his family when you know its just a piece of scrap metal?
Put the plan on the scrap heap.
There wasn't a scrap of truth in the statement.
Let's scrap everything and start over again with a clean slate.
I wrote down his phone number on a scrap of paper.
There is not a scrap of truth in his words.
This car will soon have to go for scrap.
Please get me a scrap of paper.
Tom asked for Mary's address and wrote it down on a piece of scrap paper.
The old car was taken for scrap.
The old car is being taken for scrap.
verb
Scrap the old airplane and sell the parts.
Scrap your old computer.
I think we should scrap this plan.
The government plans to scrap some of the older planes.
We should scrap the whole thing.

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