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scraps

noun

Form of scrap , plural of scrap.

Simple meaning

Food that is discarded.

Pronunciation

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skraps
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈskɹæps

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Definition

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noun

  1. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Moderately Common
Formality
Technical

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How this word commonly comes across.

This meaning: Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Used this way, scraps is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Nearby words

  • food waste , rarer, so it draws attention

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More ways to use scraps

  • “We always give our leftover dinner scraps to the dog.”noun

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some scrapstable scrapsfood scrapsmeat scrapssmall scrapsfabric scraps

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • scrapnounBase word

    A small fragment of something broken off from the whole.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • scrapernounPerson or profession · specialist

    Any of various hand tools for scraping.

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Synonyms

Sense: food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

food wasteRarerefuse

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