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Writing doesn't come real easy to me. I couldn't write a novel in a year. It wouldn't be readable. I don't let an editor even look at it until the second year, because it would just scare them. I just have to trust that all these scraps and dead-ends will find a way.
Charles Frazier

Meaning of "scraps" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCRAPS

scraps  [skræps] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCRAPS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scraps is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCRAPS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scraps in the English dictionary

The definition of scraps in the dictionary is pieces of discarded food.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCRAPS


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æps
baps
bæps
chaps
tʃæps
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kəˈlæps
craps
kræps
daps
dæps
elapse
ɪˈlæps
lapse
læps
Mapes
mæps
perhaps
pəˈhæps
pettichaps
ˈpetɪˌtʃæps
prolapse
ˈprəʊlæps
relapse
rɪˈlæps
schnapps
ʃnæps
schnaps
ʃnæps
shaps
ʃæps
shnaps
ʃnæps
synapse
ˈsaɪnæps
taps
tæps
traps
træps

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCRAPS

scrapegood
scrapegut
scrapepenny
scraper
scraperboard
scrapheap
scrapie
scraping
scrapings
scrappage
scrapped
scrapper
scrappier
scrappiest
scrappily
scrappiness
scrapping
scrapple
scrappy
scrapyard

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCRAPS

Black Caps
by one´s bootstraps
clips
corps
drops
fps
give it heaps
give them heaps
heaps
hit one´s straps
Kbps
keep under wraps
keeps
oops
Ops
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shoot craps
steps
the Black Caps
tops

Synonyms and antonyms of scraps in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCRAPS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «scraps» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of scraps

Translation of «scraps» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCRAPS

Find out the translation of scraps to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scraps from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scraps» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

废料
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

restos
570 millions of speakers

English

scraps
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्क्रैप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قصاصات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обрывки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scraps
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝড়তি-পড়তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

restes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sisa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abfälle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

残飯
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스크랩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kakehan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phế liệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்கிராப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्क्रॅप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paçavra
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frammenti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skrawki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обривки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

resturi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποκόμματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stukkies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rester
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utklipp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scraps

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRAPS»

The term «scraps» is very widely used and occupies the 8.994 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRAPS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scraps» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scraps» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scraps

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10 QUOTES WITH «SCRAPS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scraps.
1
Ed Begley, Jr.
I started composting in 1970 by taking my food scraps out behind where I lived and burying them in a hole next to the railroad tracks - and green things started to grow there!
2
Vida Blue
I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they do with all those scraps of paper with my signature on it?
3
Howard Carter
Feverishly we cleared away the remaining last scraps of rubbish on the floor of the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us.
4
Aleister Crowley
Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.
5
Bob Dylan
People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas.
6
Leo Fitzpatrick
I just thought it made sense to call a book 'Not Garbage,' even though the majority of it was going to be the scraps from people's studios; like newspaper clippings, weird drawings and stuff they might not necessarily show as artists.
7
Charles Frazier
Writing doesn't come real easy to me. I couldn't write a novel in a year. It wouldn't be readable. I don't let an editor even look at it until the second year, because it would just scare them. I just have to trust that all these scraps and dead-ends will find a way.
8
Steven Hall
I have notebooks and sketchbooks for ideas. I also have drawers full of envelopes covered in quick outlines, scenes or scraps of dialogue that I don't want to forget. I tend to grab whatever's to hand and just get the thing down before it's lost. It's not what you would call a streamlined system.
9
Dennis Hastert
There has to be some limit to what lawyers can take from their clients. Otherwise, cagey attorneys end up with the lion's share of the settlement and the victims end up with little more than scraps.
10
Allegra Huston
If you have security, you can rebel; if you don't, you hold on to any scraps of it that you have.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCRAPS»

Discover the use of scraps in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scraps and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
ScrapTherapy® Cut the Scraps!: 7 Steps to Quilting Your Way ...
Presents a plan for disposing of scrap and remnant fabrics by making them into quilts.
Joan Ford, 2011
2
Scraps: An Inspirational Field Guide to Collage
Crafters of all levels and types will delight in this visual feast.
Elsebeth Gynther, Christine Clemmensen, 2009
3
Scraps
This book is an intimate, sacred dialogue that attempts to capture the essence of the journey into enlightenment.
Juli L. Idleman, 2003
4
Scraps: Fictional Fragments
Luck used these situations as fodder for this book. Scraps' first story, Angelica and Carlos, introduces the young Angelica as she waits for her son to be returned from a weekend visit with his father, Carlos.
David Luck, 2009
5
Scraps: Adventures in Scrapbooking
A collection of entertaining essay offers both helpful hints and humorous asides on the American scrapbooking craze, furnishing profiles of such scrapbooking fanatics as Crop Queens, Photo Fiends, and 35-millimeter Mamas and including such ...
Wendy Bagley, 2005
6
Kitchen Scraps
Challenging the traditional cookbook, one pun at a timeAccompanied by Pierre's Lamielle's whimsical illustrations,Kitchen Scrapsis anirreverent guide to cooking the food you want to eat.
Pierre Lamielle, 2009
7
Scraps of the Untainted Sky: Science Fiction, Utopia, Dystopia
From the classical works by E. M. Forster, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, and Margaret Atwood, through the new maps of hell in postwar science fiction, and most recently in the dystopian turn of the 1980s and 1990s, this ...
Thomas Moylan, 2000
8
Scraps
Scraps features 16 new and original Judy Martin designs.
Judy Martin, 2006
9
Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps
This unusual early work is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.
Alan Thompson, 2010
10
Sewing Bits and Pieces: 35 Projects Using Fabric Scraps
Michael Miller fabric designer Sandi Henderson holds to the adage "waste not, want not" to deliver a collection of innovative sewing projects that lets you make the most of bits and pieces of your beloved fabrics.
Sandi Henderson, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCRAPS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scraps is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Marin's Food Scraps-to-Energy Program Grows
“We have a wide-range of businesses in the food services industry contributing their scraps to this project. We're turning waste into watts and that energy gets ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
2
Teen scraps Facebook tornado drill after officials complain
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — A 17-year-old has scrapped plans to conduct a Facebook tornado warning drill after 911 officials in his western Pennsylvania county raised ... «Chron.com, Jun 15»
3
Metro Vancouver apartments, condos face fines for food scraps on …
Some organic waste recyclers say many apartment buildings in Metro Vancouver still don't have a system to keep food scraps out of the garbage. In January the ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
4
Cuomo scraps plan to attend fundraiser
Gov. Andrew Cuomo won't be attending a major fundraiser tonight for his political campaign, according to his communications director. Cuomo's campaign has a ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jun 15»
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OWN scraps docu-series about music producer, father of 34
OWN scraps docu-series about music producer, father of 34. by Jennifer Maas • @jmaas421 · Share · Tweet · Share on Google+ · Share on Pinterest · Share on ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jun 15»
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Food scraps charges coming to Metro Vancouver
As part of Metro Vancouver's Organic Disposal Ban, food scraps have not permitted in the garbage since January 2015. Since then there has been a six-month ... «Vancity Buzz, May 15»
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Stinky I-90 semi crash helps feed cats at SCRAPS
The crash on I-90 Friday morning has had an unexpected benefit for hundreds of cats at SCRAPS. According to Washington State Patrol, two semis collided on ... «KREM.com, May 15»
8
Endangered monk seal at Kona harbor due to fish scraps
He's feeding on fish scraps that have been thrown overboard. This has prompted the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Boating and Ocean ... «KITV Honolulu, May 15»
9
SCRAPS cats headed to west side in search of forever homes
Every year SCRAPS takes in about 11,000 rescue animals and there simply aren't enough rescue homes in the area to take them all in. On Wednesday, a group ... «KXLY Spokane, May 15»
10
Tempted To Eat Your Baby's Table Scraps? You're Not Alone
And this can mean leftover scraps on their baby's tray ... or bits and pieces hanging off bibs and mouths. Hey, it can look strangely irresistible at the time. «NPR, May 15»

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