SCRAPHEAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrapheap mean? 

• SCRAPHEAP (noun)
  The noun SCRAPHEAP has 2 senses:

1. an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter

2. pile of discarded metal

  Familiarity information: SCRAPHEAP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRAPHEAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

garbage heap; junk heap; junk pile; refuse heap; rubbish heap; scrapheap; trash heap; trash pile

Hypernyms ("scrapheap" is a kind of...):

dump; dumpsite; garbage dump; rubbish dump; trash dump; waste-yard; wasteyard (a piece of land where waste materials are dumped)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pile of discarded metal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("scrapheap" is a kind of...):

agglomerate; cumulation; cumulus; heap; mound; pile (a collection of objects laid on top of each other)