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"glosses": [
"The location of a dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought. Their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal, are sold to recycling companies."
],
"id": "en-wreck_yard-en-noun-ItyUQgNy",
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "boneyard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "breaker's yard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "junkyard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "salvage yard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "scrapyard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "scrapheap"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "wrecking yard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "wrecker's yard"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desballestador"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vrakoviště"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"word": "hajottamo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"word": "romuttamo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"word": "autopurkamo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"Quebec",
"feminine",
"informal"
],
"word": "cour à scrap"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "casse automobile"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schrottplatz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cmentarzysko"
}
]
}
],
"word": "wreck yard"
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"The location of a dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought. Their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal, are sold to recycling companies."
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "boneyard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "breaker's yard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "junkyard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "salvage yard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "scrapyard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "scrapheap"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "wrecking yard"
},
{
"sense": "dismantling location",
"word": "wrecker's yard"
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desballestador"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vrakoviště"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"word": "hajottamo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"word": "romuttamo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"word": "autopurkamo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"Quebec",
"feminine",
"informal"
],
"word": "cour à scrap"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "casse automobile"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schrottplatz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "location of dismantling business",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "cmentarzysko"
}
],
"word": "wreck yard"
}
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