Home › Words › S › scrapyardscrapyardscrapyard means A junkyard; a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, scrapyard ranks #29,857 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom scrap + yard.nounA junkyard; a place where scrap is stored, discarded or resold.e.g.“A steady procession of new Class 421 and '423' electric multiple units to the Southern Region from Derby and York allowed the despatch of many pre-nationalisation 2-BIL and 2-HAL units to scrapyards.” — 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.junkyard 84% match — A place where rubbish is discarded. vs scrapyard →scrapheap 80% match — A pile in which junk is discarded. vs scrapyard →scrapman 74% match — A scrap dealer. vs scrapyard →dumpyard 71% match — A junkyard. vs scrapyard →scrapper 70% match — A person who disposes of scraps, such as one who collects scrap metal to sell to a scrap dealer. vs scrapyard →scrappage 65% match — The practice of scrapping something. vs scrapyard →scraplet 65% match — A little scrap; a small piece of something. vs scrapyard →boneyard 62% match — A graveyard. vs scrapyard →