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scrapheap

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scrap·heap also scrap heap  (skrphp)
n.
1. A pile or heap of waste material.
2. A place for discarding useless or worthless material.

scrapheap [ˈskræpˌhiːp]
n
1. a pile of discarded material
on the scrapheap (of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scrapheapscrapheap - an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard, dump - a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
2.scrapheap - pile of discarded metal
cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other

scrapheap
noun
on the scrapheap discarded, ditched (slang), redundant, written off, jettisoned, put out to grass (informal) Thousands of miners have suddenly found themselves on the scrapheap.
Translations
scrapheap scrap heap [ˈskræphiːp] n
(lit)tas m de ferraille
(fig) on the scrap heap → au rancart, au rebut
scrapheap [ˈskræpˌhiːp] nammasso di rottami
to throw on the scrapheap (fig) → mettere nel dimenticatoio
scrapheap [ˈskræpˌhiːp] nammasso di rottami
to throw on the scrapheap (fig) → mettere nel dimenticatoio


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