Meanings
nounwreck yard (plural wreck yards)
plural wreck yards
- The location of a dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, for the recovery of reusable parts and scrap metal.
Synonyms: boneyard, breaker's yard, breaker, junkyard, salvage yard, scrapyard, scrapheap, wrecking yard
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe location of a dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, for the recovery of reusable parts and scrap metal.
Translations
Catalan desballestador
- desballestadorlocation of dismantling business
Czech vrakoviště
- vrakovištělocation of dismantling business
Esperanto aŭtovrakejo
- aŭtovrakejolocation of dismantling business
Finnish hajottamo, romuttamo
- hajottamolocation of dismantling business
- romuttamolocation of dismantling business
- autopurkamolocation of dismantling business
French cour à scrap, casse automobile
- cour à scraplocation of dismantling business
- casse automobilelocation of dismantling business
German Schrottplatz
- Schrottplatzlocation of dismantling business
Polish cmentarzysko
- cmentarzyskolocation of dismantling business
Cite this entry
APA
wreck yard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wreck%20yard
MLA
“wreck yard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wreck%20yard. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wreck yard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wreck%20yard.
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