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scrap heap

–noun
1. a pile of old, discarded material, as metal.
2. a place for dumping old, useless things.
Also, scrapheap.


Origin:
1830–40; scrap 1 + heap
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scrap·heap also scrap heap   (skrāp'hēp')   
n.  
  1. A pile or heap of waste material.

  2. A place for discarding useless or worthless material.

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