Scrapheap

Word SCRAPHEAP
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Definitions and meanings of "Scrapheap"

What do we mean by scrapheap?

A pile or heap of waste material. noun

A place for discarding useless or worthless material. noun

A pile in which junk is discarded. noun

A collection of discarded or rejected items or ideas. noun

A junkyard. noun

Pile of discarded metal noun

An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter noun

A pile in which junk is discarded.

A junkyard.

A collection of discarded or rejected items or ideas.

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The word "scrapheap" in example sentences

Not to mention the rag-tag scrapheap of genetic history that underlies folk from Northern Europe. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Even more amazing than the guys the phillies got off the scrapheap are the guys so many phans were eager to scrapheap ❋ Unknown (2008)

A report came out yesterday which warned that a generation of young people face being left on the jobs "scrapheap". ❋ Dylan Jones-Evans (2009)

I love how the pundits who post on this blog are ready to consign Bell and Johnson to the scrapheap which is baseball mediocrity when they are both still in their early 20s, still learning and really have barely begun their professional careers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Following the adventures of a robotic warrior rescued from the scrapheap by a scientist, it stands to reason that Cameron's groundbreaking "Avatar" filmmaking tech could be put to good use on "Alita." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though made of bronze, "Many Glacier" was constructed originally out of twisted, weathered, "stray, downed pieces of wood," which the artist collects on her Montana ranch and in Hawaii; and the ghostly, whitewashed sculpture—a controlled state of collapse—suggests stone, petrified wood and a scrapheap of bones. ❋ Lance Esplund (2011)

Looks like he will follow the Notts CC on the scrapheap. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

He refers to himself as "a dinosaur" and is taunted by an old criminal rival who teases him about his impending retirement: "You're days from the scrapheap." ❋ Alexandra Alter (2011)

And a couple of New York Mets fans started an online petition to save the team's giant homerun apple from the scrapheap or auction block after the team moves from Shea Stadium to the new Citi Field this spring. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But that story -- the one about the antique, "little fireboat that could" that was saved from the scrapheap to once again serve her city in its hour of greatest need -- has been told -- on CBS Sunday Morning, in The New York Times, and The New Yorker, among other places. ❋ Jessica DuLong (2011)

Admirable though they were in many respects, the ancient Greeks had no time for any form of bodily disability the disabled went on the scrapheap, sometimes literally. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Its iconic South Bank studio, home to the programme since 1992, was flogged off to al-Jazeera and the sofa was sent to the scrapheap – as were most of the GMTV faces. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Dow Jones's Steve McGrath explains how this high-profile marque has moved one-step closer to the automobile scrapheap. ❋ Christina Zander (2011)

Normally, a Casio keyboard on the "accordion" setting would be unwelcome in a pop song – thrown on the scrapheap along with the flute from Britney Spears's Criminal single and David Sneddon. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Still, it will have come as some consolation to Woods, as well as warning to those who have consigned him to the scrapheap, that when the day was done he was tied with the Irishman on the leaderboard and only one shot behind Mickelson, who flattered for a while before slipping back to two under par for 15 holes completed. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And it would have been even more interesting if there had been space to explore more of the details; as it was, Pan Am seemed to transform itself from profit-making global brand to the aviation scrapheap in just a few frames and with next to no credible explanation. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Men who work full time still earn 9% more than women overall, hardly suggestive of being chucked on the scrapheap – any more than the existence of a measly five female cabinet ministers outnumbered five to one by men really spells matriarchy. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The march for jobs may have started small, but the anger of young people left on the scrapheap through no fault of their own will strike a chord with many thousands more. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Throwing yourself on the scrapheap of history perhaps? ❋ Judy Friedberg (2010)

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