"scrapheap" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scrapheaps [plural]
Etymology: scrap + heap Etymology templates: {{compound|en|scrap|heap}} scrap + heap Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrapheap (plural scrapheaps)
  1. A pile in which junk is discarded. Translations (pile of junk): бунище (bunište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Schrotthaufen (english: metal) [masculine] (German), Müllhaufen [masculine] (German), Abfallhaufen [masculine] (German), сва́лка (sválka) (Russian), skräphög (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scrapheap-en-noun-6MHHRA~v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 2 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 77 3 20 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 72 5 23 Disambiguation of 'pile of junk': 81 19 0
  2. A junkyard.
    Sense id: en-scrapheap-en-noun-h813d6um
  3. (figuratively) A collection of discarded or rejected items or ideas. Tags: figuratively Translations (figuratively): бунище (bunište) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-scrapheap-en-noun-wy0y4F5u Disambiguation of 'figuratively': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scrap-heap, scrap heap

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