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Definition of scrapyard in English: scrapyardnounˈskrapjɑːdˈskræpˌjɑrd British A place where scrap is collected before being recycled or discarded. 〈英〉废品堆放场；垃圾场 North American term junkyard Example sentencesExamples - The owner of a demolition site, who went to a scrapyard to arrange a collection, found two men weighing in metal stolen from him, a court heard.
- Manchester scrapyards operate a ‘police book’ system of taking names, addresses and details of everyone who sells them metal - so the culprits may already be on record.
- The sculpture was created from technology waste collected from Chinese scrapyards.
- ‘We used to visit scrapyards together, where he would pick up bits and pieces of old metal to weld together for his sculptures,’ he says.
- Every year aging cars, left to decay in scrapyards or fields or suburban driveways, create more than 15 million tons of waste across the United States and Europe.
Synonyms dump, refuse dump, rubbish dump, refuse heap, rubbish heap, refuse tip, rubbish tip, dumping ground, dustheap, slag heap
Definition of scrapyard in US English: scrapyardnounˈskrapˌyärdˈskræpˌjɑrd British A place where scrap is collected before being recycled or discarded; a junkyard. 〈英〉废品堆放场；垃圾场 Example sentencesExamples - Every year aging cars, left to decay in scrapyards or fields or suburban driveways, create more than 15 million tons of waste across the United States and Europe.
- Manchester scrapyards operate a ‘police book’ system of taking names, addresses and details of everyone who sells them metal - so the culprits may already be on record.
- The sculpture was created from technology waste collected from Chinese scrapyards.
- ‘We used to visit scrapyards together, where he would pick up bits and pieces of old metal to weld together for his sculptures,’ he says.
- The owner of a demolition site, who went to a scrapyard to arrange a collection, found two men weighing in metal stolen from him, a court heard.
Synonyms dump, refuse dump, rubbish dump, refuse heap, rubbish heap, refuse tip, rubbish tip, dumping ground, dustheap, slag heap
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