junkyard

noun

junk·​yard ˈjəŋk-ˌyärd How to pronounce junkyard (audio)
Synonyms of junkyardnext
: a yard used to store sometimes resalable junk

Examples of junkyard in a Sentence

The car was hauled off to the junkyard.
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Being joyful there — in the Dominican Republic, where small shacks and houses pieced together by junkyard scraps sometimes hold families with over a dozen members — seems incomprehensible. Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 25 June 2026 Oh, and there’s also the plot following a community of junkyard pussycats competing in a talent show to decide who is allowed to die and be reborn in the Heaviside Layer — cat heaven. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026 Project Boson will replace an auto parts junkyard with a nearly 620,000-square-foot data center. Scott Cohn, CNBC, 22 June 2026 Crews are seen pouring water on a massive junkyard fire in Opa-locka on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Marybel Rodriguez, CBS News, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for junkyard

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of junkyard was in 1869

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“Junkyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junkyard. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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