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scrapyard

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A junkyard; a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From scrap + yard.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: desballestador — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廢料場 /废料场 (fèiliàochǎng) — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Chinese Mandarin: 垃圾場 /垃圾场 (lājīchǎng, lèsèchǎng) — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Czech: šrotiště — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Dutch: sloperij — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • French: casse — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • German: Schrottplatz — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Greek: μάντρα (mántra) — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Hungarian: roncstelep — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Italian: autodemolitore — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Japanese: ゴミ捨て場 (gomisuteba) — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Polish: szrot — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Portuguese: ferro-velho — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Russian: сва́лка (sválka) — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Serbo-Croatian: отпад — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Serbo-Croatian: otpad — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Spanish: chatarrería — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Spanish: cementerio — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Swedish: skrotupplag — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Turkish: hurdalık — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold
  • Turkish: hurdacı — a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold