Definition of «junkyard»

A junkyard is a place where old or unwanted vehicles and their parts are stored, dismantled, and recycled. It may also contain other discarded items such as appliances, machinery, and scrap metal. The term can be used more broadly to refer to any collection of broken or useless objects.

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My neighbor collects old cars and has turned his backyard into a junkyard.
We visited a local junkyard to find spare parts for our project car.
The abandoned house down the street has transformed into a haven for rats and has become a junkyard for broken appliances and furniture.
As children, we used to explore the junkyard near our school, searching for discarded treasures.
The new recycling center aims to decrease the amount of waste sent to the junkyard.

Sentences with «junkyard»

Keeping his regular job — and using $ 500 in overtime pay — he scrounged in junkyards for materials to construct a little factory in his basement. (inc.com)
Told of the Paladino campaign's self - image as a pack of aggressive dogs, she said after a brief pause: «I don't think the average New Yorker wants a government of junkyard dogs. (nytimes.com)
But nobody calls him Don Garbage anymore, an opprobrium imposed when he first appeared in California with a dragster built from junkyard parts. (si.com)
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Definition of «junkyard»

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