Noun: scrapheap 'skrap,heep
- Pile of discarded metal
"The old cars were destined for the scrapheap"
- An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
"The scrapyard looked like a giant scrapheap of old cars and appliances";
- garbage heap, junk heap, rubbish heap, trash heap, junk pile, trash pile, refuse heap
Derived forms: scrapheaps
Type of: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, dump, dumpsite [N. Amer], garbage dump [N. Amer], heap, mound, pile, rubbish dump [Brit], tip [Brit], trash dump [N. Amer], wasteyard, waste-yard
Encyclopedia: Scrapheap