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Collocations for scrap - noun

1. small piece or amount

ADJECTIVE

little, small, tiny
She scribbled the address on a little scrap of paper.
last
He removed the last scraps of food from his plate.
leftover
food, kitchen, table (AmE)
The pigs are fed on food scraps.

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PREPOSITION

scrap of
Every scrap of land in the town has been built on.

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PHRASES

every last scrap
He ate every last scrap of the food.

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2. recyclable items or material

… OF SCRAP

piece

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VERB + scrap

sell sth as, sell sth for
The engine has been sold for scrap.

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scrap + NOUN

iron, material, metal, paper, wood
heap, yard (usually scrapyard)
My first computer has been consigned to the scrap heap.
dealer, merchant (BrE)
value
The scrap value of the car is around $200.

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3. (informal) fight

VERB + scrap

get into, have

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PREPOSITION

in a/the scrap
He looks like he's been in a scrap.
scrap with
He had a bit of a scrap with the boy next door.

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Collocations for scrap - verb

Scrap is used with these nouns as the object:
plan, programme, system

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