scrapyard

[skrap-yahrd]

noun

1. a business with a large space, including outdoor space, to store items or parts purchased from customers for resale as raw material.

   The carmaker sold more than 5,700 pounds of reclaimed copper wire to the scrapyard.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrapyard¹

First recorded in 1860–65; scrap ¹ ( def. ) + yard ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

It's a scrapyard of savagery - the remains of many of the Russian bombs, rockets, missiles and drones used to hit in and around Kharkiv over the past three and a half years.

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Vang and his family operated the illegal enterprise from private residences and storage units and didn’t have a valid business license or a scrapyard, officials said.

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"Don't be afraid to fail," says one woman from Bristol who has gone from working part-time in a scrapyard, to creating a successful beauty brand in just four years.

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She worked part-time for her father's scrapyard while pursuing various passion projects.

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Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a scrapyard near Manchester.

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