scrap heap
Americannoun
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a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
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a place for dumping old, useless things.
Etymology
Origin of scrap heap
Example Sentences
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Parts intended for the scrap heap were used on the Dreamliner, we are told.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Among the items destined for the scrap heap is the gantry, which once sheltered Soyuz rockets from the tropical weather.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
This scrap heap of hulking male humanity landed perhaps seven feet away from me, and I wasn't in danger of being plowed over myself, as sideline photographers sometimes are.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2023
That has left Ms Haley feeling like she is "back on the scrap heap again" and "old before her time".
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2023
Next problem: finding uses for all the animal parts that were ending up on the scrap heap.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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