junkyard
noun/ˈdʒʌŋkjɑːd/
/ˈdʒʌŋkjɑːrd/
(especially North American English) (especially British English scrapyard)
- a place where old cars, machines, etc. are collected, so that parts of them, or the metal they are made of, can be sold to be used againTopics Transport by car or lorryc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryJunkyard is used before these nouns:
- dog
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