table scrap
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈteɪbəl skræp/
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- Simply keep a small container for table scraps, peels, etc. on your counter or in your freezer that you regularly empty into a larger pile.
- pet table scraps
- table scraps and treats
Examples
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I left some table scraps in there for your supper.
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Maybe Zero can send them some table scraps.
Blog text (14) -
We have to eat their table scraps.
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If you forget that again, there'll be no table scraps for a week!
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They can eat table scraps or anything that you will eat.
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Just the table scraps would have been a banquet for Uncle Francis.
Fiction book (1993) -
After the meal, I take the table scraps and go out to feed the chickens, milk the goats, and muck the garden.
Fiction book (2000) -
The hens also get all the spent garden plants, weeds, and the occasional table scraps and uneaten dog food.
Blog text (23) -
There are many, many online resources warning of common seasonal dangers to pets—antifreeze, tinsel, poisonous plants, unusual or excessive table scraps, and more.
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After dinner, I always take the leftover food and put the table scraps outside for the raccoons.
Synonyms
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2.1
A small piece left over or thrown away
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A small piece of food left after a meal
Small pieces of food left over after a meal
Food remaining after a meal that you save to eat later
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Morphology
The sense 'leftover food from a meal' is directly derivable from combining 'table' (meals/where food is served) with 'scrap' (a small leftover piece). The composition follows a transparent noun+noun pattern found across languages (e.g. 'food scraps', 'restos de mesa'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun table scraps comes from the simple picture of small pieces of food left on the table after a meal. People would sweep these scraps to feed animals or throw them away, so table scraps now means 'leftover food'.