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Scrap iron   /skræp ˈaɪərn/   Listen
noun
Scrap  n.  
1.
Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion. "I have no materials not a scrap."
2.
Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
3.
pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.
4.
pl. Same as Scrap iron, below.
Scrap forgings, forgings made from wrought iron scrap.
Scrap iron.
(a)
Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which bar iron or forgings can be made; called also wrought-iron scrap.
(b)
Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable for remelting in the foundry; called also foundry scrap, or cast scrap.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Scrap iron" Quotes from Famous Books



... or—You know a cold cloth helped you last evening. Lie down for a little while. There's no hurry about starting, is there? I—I don't hate the place so awfully, Manley. I'm just cross because I couldn't sleep for the noise. Here's a cushion, dear. I think it's stuffed with scrap iron, for there doesn't seem to be anything soft about it except the invitation to 'slumber sweetly,' in red and green silk; but anything is better than the head of that sofa in ...
— Lonesome Land • B. M. Bower



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