junkyard

noun

junk·​yard ˈjəŋk-ˌyärd 

: a yard used to store sometimes resalable junk

Examples of junkyard in a Sentence

The car was hauled off to the junkyard.

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s that churro bread pudding, the one with a junkyard origin story that breaks down the churros and then reforms them into a dense and perfect block as powerful as an Avengers movie prop. —Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026

Darwin is an octopus who’s minding his own business when he’s suddenly ripped out of the ocean and thrown into a junkyard. —ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration first proposed the measure in 2023, under the Biden administration, in hopes of curbing the growing junkyard of debris circling the planet. —Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2026

As dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters are battling a five-alarm fire at a six-story warehouse near Miami Gardens on Thursday, the county’s fire rescue also battled a large fire that sparked up in a junkyard later in the afternoon. —Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for junkyard

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard