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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Decades ago, rangers and local volunteers transformed this area—once a junkyard—into a healthy 70-acre marsh with beavers, otters, turtles, and numerous avian species. Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025 Idea from dad’s junkyard Johnson spent part of his childhood in Milltown, Wis., where his father, also named Joe Johnson, owned a junkyard. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2025 Empty storage trailers, cars and buses sit scattered across some parking lots that resemble junkyards. Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2025 Joe adds that Christopher was always going to die in the end (although a quick moment in a junkyard seems to imply that Christopher's consciousness in the Cosmo bot somehow survived). Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025 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 19 May. 2025.

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