1.Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. "I have no materials not a scrap."
2.Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
3.pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.
4.pl. Same as Scrap iron, below.
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 foundry scrap, or cast scrap.
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