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How to pronounce “scrap

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Pronunciation guide for scrap

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of scrap with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
What a scrapyard in Ghana can teach us about innovationThere's a scrapyard here where people take apart all kinds of things,
Definition summary
A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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How to pronounce scrap

What a scrapyard in Ghana can teach us about innovation

There's a scrapyard here where people take apart all kinds of things,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “scrap

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
  • (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
  • The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
  • (uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.English Wikipedia has an article on:scrap [4]Wikipedia
  • (UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
  • (uncountable) Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, such as sweepings left over from handling higher grades.
  • (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Sureno gang.
  • (obsolete) A snare for catching birds.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To discard; to get rid of.
  • (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
  • (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
  • (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
  • (transitive) To make into scrap.

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