Definition & Meaning of "scrapyard"in English

Scrapyard

a location where various old, used, or damaged items, such as vehicles, machinery, and other metal objects, are collected and often recycled or sold

Dialect

British

American

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Composition

Compound

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

scrapyards

Examples

Jake found a rare antique tool buried beneath a pile of scrap metal at the scrapyard.

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scrapyard

scrap

yard

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