Dictionary

scrapyard en · NOUN

Etymology

From scrap + yard.

Meanings

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

Translations (23)

es chatarrería (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · cmn 垃圾場 /垃圾场 (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · ca desballestador (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · et romula (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · hu roncstelep (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · fr casse (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · pt ferro-velho (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · it autodemolitore (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · nl sloperij (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · cs šrotiště (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · el μάντρα (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · tr hurdacı (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · ja ゴミ捨て場 (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · es cementerio (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · pl szrot (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · sh отпад (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · de Schrottplatz (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · ru сва́лка (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · sh otpad (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · cmn 廢料場 /废料场 (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · tr hurdalık (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · sv skrotupplag (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold) · fi romuttamo (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold)