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noun

scrap

a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

In a sentence

Six example sentences with scrap, each labelled with its topic.

  • The dig yielded only a scrap of painted plaster, yet it settled a century of argument about the villa.

    History

  • A single scrap of gold leaf clung to the frame, hinting at the gilding stripped away by later owners.

    Art

  • She saved every scrap of parmesan rind in the freezer and dropped one into the minestrone each winter.

    Cooking

  • The poem survives on a scrap of paper torn from a ledger, with the last line missing where the corner went.

    Literature

  • A scrap of bone the size of a fingernail was enough for the lab to extract usable DNA.

    Science

  • Restorers found a scrap of the original wallpaper behind a radiator and matched the whole room to it.

    Architecture

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