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SCRAPHEAP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
Synonyms:
garbage heap; junk heap; junk pile; refuse heap; rubbish heap; scrapheap; trash heap; trash pile
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
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)
