scrap of paper — piece of paper … English contemporary dictionary
Paper recycling — is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre consumer waste, and post consumer waste.cite web title … Wikipedia
paper — n. lecture, treatise essay 1) to deliver, give, offer, present, read a paper 2) to publish; write a paper 3) (in a school, at a university) to do, write; hand in a paper (the pupils did a paper on the problem of air pollution; the students were… … Combinatory dictionary
paper — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 material ADJECTIVE ▪ thick, thin ▪ plain ▪ lined ▪ graph ▪ A3 … Collocations dictionary
scrap — scrap1 [skræp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(paper/cloth)¦ 2¦(old objects)¦ 3¦(food)¦ 4¦(information)¦ 5¦(fight)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 4; Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: skrap scraps ] [Sense: 5; Date: 1600 1700; Origin: P … Dictionary of contemporary English
scrap — 01. I wrote the phone number on a [scrap] of paper, and now I can t find it. 02. The child was throwing [scraps] of meat to his puppy under the table. 03. The committee decided to [scrap] the plan altogether, and start all over. 04. We collected… … Grammatical examples in English
scrap — [[t]skræ̱p[/t]] scraps, scrapping, scrapped 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A scrap of something is a very small piece or amount of it. A crumpled scrap of paper was found in her handbag. ...a fire fueled by scraps of wood... They need every scrap of… … English dictionary
scrap — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} 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 sc … Collocations dictionary
scrap — 1 noun 1 PAPER/CLOTH (C) a small piece of paper, cloth etc (+ of): He wrote his address on a scrap of paper and gave it to me. | a quilt made out of scraps of old fabric 2 OLD OBJECTS (U) materials or objects that are no longer used for the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
scrap — scrap1 scrappingly, adv. /skrap/, n., adj., v., scrapped, scrapping. n. 1. a small piece or portion; fragment: a scrap of paper. 2. scraps, a. bits or pieces of food, esp. of leftover or discarded food. b. the remains of animal fat after the oil… … Universalium
