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scrapheap::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | garbage heap, junk heap, junk pile, refuse heap, rubbish heap, trash heap, trash pile |
| Type of | dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard, dump |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | heap, cumulation, cumulus, agglomerate, mound, pile |
Examples of scrapheap
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We would have sunk without a trace, called chokers and thrown on the scrapheap.
From the telegraph.co.uk
My van will go to the scrapheap which is fair enough if it saves the environment.
From the guardian.co.uk
Lansley needs to go now, and the bill should be thrown on the scrapheap with him.
From the guardian.co.uk
Tod Swormstedt, the museum's founder, recently rescued the sign from the scrapheap.
From the news.enquirer.com
Carlos Pena was rescued from the scrapheap and responded with 46 homers and 121 RBI.
From the usatoday.com
Discarded American workers have not rusted on the scrapheap, as so many do in Europe.
From the economist.com
Carle's teams ran the single-wing offense, which had gone to the scrapheap years before.
From the denverpost.com
Initiatives such as these won't help those who feel cast on the scrapheap of life, however.
From the independent.co.uk
Let's lock you up and throw you on the scrapheap with the rapists, murderers and paedophiles.
From the yorkpress.co.uk
- Garbage heap: an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
- Pile of discarded metal
- Scrapheap Challenge is an engineering game show produced by RDF Media and broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. In the show, teams of contestants have 10 hours in which to build a working machine that can do a specific task, using materials available in a scrapheap. ...
- Scrapheap Challenge forum, an alternative forum where the happenings of EVE Online get discussed without intervention of EVE Online's forum moderators
