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scrapyard

noun

Etymology

From scrap + yard.

  1. derived from *gʰerdʰ-✻ — “to enclose”
  2. inherited from *gʰórdʰos✻
  3. inherited from *gardaz✻ — “enclosure, yard”
  4. inherited from *gard✻
  5. inherited from ġeard — “yard, garden, fence, enclosure”
  6. inherited from yerd
  7. compounded as scrapyard — “scrap + yard”

Definitions

  1. A junkyard

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA