scrap : Idioms & Phrases

• forgings made from wrought iron scrap.

Webster 1913

• noun iron to be melted again and reworked
  

WordNet

• . (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 founding scrap, or cast scrap.

Webster 1913

• noun discarded metal suitable for reprocessing
  
  • he finally sold the car for scrap metal

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