scrap

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. bit, crumb, morsel; splinter, fragment, chip; whit, tittle, jot, speck; slang, fight, bout, tussle.

See littleness, contention.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Junk metal]

Syn. waste material, chips, cuttings; see trash 3 .

2. [A bit]

Syn. fragment, particle, portion; see bit 1 , piece 1 .

3. [*A fight]

Syn. quarrel, brawl, squabble; see fight 1 .

v.

1. [To discard]

Syn. reject, forsake, dismiss; see abandon 2 , discard .

2. [*To fight]

Syn. wrangle, battle, squabble; see fight 1 , quarrel .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

1. bit fragment, piece, shred, chip, speck, slice, hunk, chunk, particle, end. 2.salvage junk.

3. fight argument, quarrel, *tiff, conflict, tussle, altercation, disagreement, squabble, brawl.

II

v.

throw out, drop, ditch, get rid of, discard, junk, *deep-six, jettison.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example: discard, dispose of, dump, junk, throw away, throw out. Informal: chuck, jettison, shuck (off). Slang: ditch. See KEEP.

V

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A tiny amount: bit1, crumb, dab1, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit. Chiefly British: spot. See BIG. 2. Residual matter: butt4, end, fragment, ort (often used in plural), shard, stub. See LEFTOVER.

VI

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A physical conflict involving two or more: fight, fistfight, fisticuffs, scuffle, tussle. Slang: rumble. See CONFLICT.