"scrap heap" meaning in All languages combined

See scrap heap on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: scrap heaps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrap heap (plural scrap heaps)
  1. Alternative form of scrapheap. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: scrapheap
    Sense id: en-scrap_heap-en-noun-sPuntezX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1960 February, “Swansea & Mumbles closure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 95:",
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