noun
Meaning 1
A pile in which junk is discarded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
scrapheap
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General-American: /ˈskɹæpˌhip/
noun
Meaning 2
A junkyard.
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noun
Meaning 3
A collection of discarded or rejected items or ideas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 4
pile of discarded metal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus
noun
Meaning 5
an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: garbage heap, junk heap, rubbish heap, trash heap, junk pile, trash pile, refuse heap
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dumpsite
History
Etymology
From scrap + heap.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бунище (bunište) — pile of junk
- German: Schrotthaufen — pile of junk
- German: Müllhaufen — pile of junk
- German: Abfallhaufen — pile of junk
- Polish: złom — pile of junk
- Russian: сва́лка (sválka) — pile of junk
- Swedish: skräphög — pile of junk
- Bulgarian: бунище (bunište) — figuratively
- Polish: złom — figuratively
- Polish: złomowisko — junkyard