scrapyard

Etymology

scrap + yard

noun

  1. 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. April 8 2020, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67

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