junkyard

noun

Definition of junkyardnext
as in landfill

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Recent Examples of junkyard The raunchy stand-up comedian made his unexpected TV debut playing a junkyard and salvage business proprietor prone to get-rich-quick schemes and faking heart attacks. — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 A couple of years ago, the three members of mary in the junkyard flew to New York City from London with no plan other than to play for whoever would have them. — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 7 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for junkyard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkyard
  1. landfill
  2. dustbin
  3. midden
  4. dump
  5. sanitary landfill
Noun
  • The United States Environmental Protection Agency has found that in America alone, 85 percent of all textiles end up in landfills on a yearly basis.
    — Catherine Salfino, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Everything that can be reused is, including these fixtures and fastenings, but a small percentage still goes to landfill.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of landfill
Noun
  • Its Omnicyclone station uses bagless cyclonic separation to empty the vacuum's dustbin directly into a washable container, eliminating the need for recurring dustbag purchases.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
  • While Betamax was considered the superior technology, it’s been relegated to the dustbin of history.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Definition of dustbin
Noun
  • The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Definition of midden
Noun
  • The key is asking for a briefing instead of another information dump.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Not that the September 4-to-1 result, which was rushed to predate the OpenAI dump, is in perfect shape.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of dump
Noun
  • The law banned putting yard waste — roughly one-fifth of municipal wastes — in sanitary landfills in 1990 and obliged local governments to recycle.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.
    — By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Definition of sanitary landfill

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“Junkyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/junkyard. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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