scrapyard

[ skrap-yahrd ]

noun
  1. a business with a large space, including outdoor space, to store items or parts purchased from customers for resale as raw material: The carmaker sold more than 5,700 pounds of reclaimed copper wire to the scrapyard.

Origin of scrapyard

1
First recorded in 1860–65; scrap1 + yard2

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