junkyard

noun

junk·​yard ˈjəŋk-ˌyärd How to pronounce junkyard (audio)
: a yard used to store sometimes resalable junk

Examples of junkyard in a Sentence

The car was hauled off to the junkyard.
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Whether the app lives on or gets sent to the social media junkyard will be known sooner rather than later, with a ruling likely before Jan. 19. Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Jan. 2025 The video features Drake in a celebratory mood, rocking all his famous jewelry while the same model van from the cover of Kendrick’s Good Kid, Mad City gets taken to a junkyard and demolished. Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024 An Army veteran who worked at a junkyard and later as a hospital janitor, Yenner used to toss a football around the backyard with Moore and her brothers and take them on long day trips through the countryside. Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024 The Prophet drove to the junkyard in Flintstone every afternoon for the rest of the week. Jamie Quatro, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for junkyard 

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of junkyard was in 1869

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“Junkyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junkyard. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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