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

The original Mothership stayed on the road until 1981, then went into retirement and, eventually, a junkyard. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2026

The playground, called The Yard, resembles a junkyard where kids are given free rein to saw plywood by hand, romp in mud pits, and nail together structures to climb and jump from. — Marina Lopes, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

The following day, detectives obtained a search warrant for Metayer’s phone records, which placed him at U Pull It Davie, a self-service junkyard the day after the crash. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

With the rising number of launches, the orbit is slowly turning into a junkyard. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 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