Meanings
nounscrapheap (plural scrapheaps)
plural scrapheaps · alternative scrap-heap · alternative scrap heap
- A pile in which junk is discarded.
By Easter, "Princess Royal" Pacifics Nos. 46211/2 were in the scrap line at Crewe works and Nos. 46204/5/7/10 were gathered at Crewe South shed, no doubt to follow to the scrapheap.
1962 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region”, in Modern Railways, page 423 - A junkyard.
- figurativelyA collection of discarded or rejected items or ideas.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
Similar
garbage heapjunk heaprubbish heaptrash heapjunk piletrash pilerefuse heap
Broader
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian бунище, бунище
- бунище (bunište)pile of junk
- бунище (bunište)figuratively
German Schrotthaufen, Müllhaufen
- Schrotthaufenpile of junk
- Müllhaufenpile of junk
- Abfallhaufenpile of junk
Polish złom, złomowisko
- złompile of junk
- złomowiskojunkyard
- złomfiguratively
Russian сва́лка
- сва́лка (sválka)pile of junk
Swedish skräphög
- skräphögpile of junk
Cite this entry
APA
scrapheap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapheap
MLA
“scrapheap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapheap. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrapheap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapheap.
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