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scrapyards

scrapyards is the plural of scrapyard.

Meaning of scrapyard

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

Questions about scrapyards

What is scrapyards the plural of?
Scrapyards is the plural of scrapyard.

Words near scrapyards in the dictionary

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

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