"scrapyard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scrapyards [plural]
Etymology: scrap + yard Etymology templates: {{com|en|scrap|yard}} scrap + yard Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrapyard (plural scrapyards)
  1. A junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold. Categories (topical): Businesses Synonyms: scrap-yard, scrap yard Translations (a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold): 廢料場 (Chinese Mandarin), 废料场 (fèiliàochǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 垃圾場 (Chinese Mandarin), 垃圾场 (lājīchǎng, lèsèchǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), šrotiště [neuter] (Czech), sloperij [feminine] (Dutch), casse [feminine] (French), Schrottplatz [masculine] (German), μάντρα (mántra) [feminine] (Greek), roncstelep (Hungarian), ゴミ捨て場 (gomisuteba) (Japanese), szrot [masculine] (Polish), ferro-velho (Portuguese), сва́лка (sválka) [feminine] (Russian), отпад [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), otpad [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), chatarrería [feminine] (Spanish), cementerio [masculine] (Spanish), skrotupplag [neuter] (Swedish), hurdalık (Turkish), hurdacı (Turkish)

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      "word": "szrot"
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      "sense": "a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold",
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      "sense": "a junkyard, a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold",
      "word": "hurdalık"
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