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scrapyard

scrapyard noun: a junkyard; a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold.

Noun

scrapyard (plural scrapyards)

  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

Forms of scrapyard

pluralscrapyards
alternative formscrap-yard
alternative formscrap yard

Origin of scrapyard

From scrap + yard.

Questions about scrapyard

What does scrapyard mean?
Scrapyard means a junkyard; a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold.
What part of speech is scrapyard?
Scrapyard is a noun.
What is the plural of scrapyard?
The plural of scrapyard is scrapyards.

Words near scrapyard in the dictionary

  1. scraptiid
  2. scraptiids
  3. Scraptoft
  4. scrapwood
  5. scrapy
  6. scrapyard
  7. scrapyards
  8. scrat
  9. Scratby
  10. scratch
  11. scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds

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