scrapyard

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noun

A junkyard; a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold.

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Meanings

nounscrapyard (plural scrapyards)

plural scrapyards · alternative scrap-yard · alternative scrap yard

  1. A junkyard; a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold.

    A steady procession of new Class 421 and '423' electric multiple units to the Southern Region from Derby and York allowed the despatch of many pre-nationalisation 2-BIL and 2-HAL units to scrapyards.

    2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
wreck yard

Origin

From scrap + yard.

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Translations

Catalan desballestador
  • desballestadora junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Chinese Mandarin 廢料場 /废料场, 垃圾場 /垃圾场
  • 廢料場 /废料场 (fèiliàochǎng)a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • 垃圾場 /垃圾场 (lājīchǎng, lèsèchǎng)a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Czech šrotiště
  • šrotištěa junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Dutch sloperij
  • sloperija junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Estonian romula
  • romulaa junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Finnish romuttamo
  • romuttamoa junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
French casse
  • cassea junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
German Schrottplatz
  • Schrottplatza junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Greek μάντρα
  • μάντρα (mántra)a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Hungarian roncstelep
  • roncstelepa junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Italian autodemolitore
  • autodemolitorea junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Japanese ゴミ捨て場
  • ゴミ捨て場 (gomisuteba)a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Polish szrot
  • szrota junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Portuguese ferro-velho
  • ferro-velhoa junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Russian сва́лка
  • сва́лка (sválka)a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Spanish chatarrería, cementerio
  • chatarreríaa junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • cementerioa junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Swedish skrotupplag
  • skrotupplaga junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Turkish hurdalık, hurdacı
  • hurdalıka junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • hurdacıa junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
Cite this entry
APA

scrapyard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapyard

MLA

“scrapyard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapyard. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrapyard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapyard.

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