Meaning

2 senses
  1. A place where rubbish is discarded.

    Müllplatz, Müllabladeplatz

  2. A business that sells used metal or items.

    Schrottplatz

    сва́лкаsválka

More definitions
  • a field where junk is collected and stored for resale

Examples

15 sentences
  1. My old car is now in the junkyard.

    deMein altes Auto befindet sich jetzt auf dem Schrottplatz.

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  2. Tom ended up selling his car to a junkyard.

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  3. Sami's junkyard just keeps getting bigger.

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  4. Janos made it to the junkyard.

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  5. He found this bicycle in a junkyard.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a business that sells used metal or items:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a place where rubbish is placed:
a business that sells used metal or items:

Origin

From junk + yard.

From junk + yard.

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Forms

plural: junkyards

Synonyms

5 synonyms
place where rubbish is discarded:dumpB1dumpyardlandfillscrapheap
place where used metal is handled:wreck yard § Synonyms

Word family

2 related words
RelatedjunkA2

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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