scrap heap

NOUN

worthless material

Synonyms

WEAK

dump duskheap garbage dump junkheap junkpile kitchen midden landfill midden toxic waste dump

Example Sentences

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Amid scrapheaps and idle machinery, the community has clean air these days - and no jobs.

From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2016