"scrap heap" meaning in English

See scrap heap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: scrap heaps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrap heap (plural scrap heaps)
  1. Alternative spelling of scrapheap Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: scrapheap
    Sense id: en-scrap_heap-en-noun-Q5JonLuu 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:",
          "text": "The large double-deck Brush electric cars which replaced steam in 1929 and were the largest passenger-carrying road vehicles in the country, will follow the fixed assets to the scrap heap.",
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