junkyard

noun

Definition of junkyardnext
as in landfill

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Recent Examples of junkyard About 125 people in apartments east of the junkyard were evacuated. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 26 May 2026 More than 80 units were called in to battle a six-alarm fire at an Opa-locka junkyard Monday night, and firefighters continued putting out hot spots Tuesday morning, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 May 2026 The former junkyard is seen as ripe for future redevelopment, but an environmental clean-up is clearly a costly hurdle to be cleared. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026 The musical moves the action from a junkyard to the fashion and dance-forward world of ballroom culture — the underground cultural movement born in New York that for decades has created a safe space for self-expression particularly among the Black and Latino LGBTQ+ community. — Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 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 rest is composted; turned into animal feed, biofuels and other industrial products; sold at a deep discount shortly before its use-by date; or disposed of in landfills and incinerators.
    — John Lowrey, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • Decomposing food can release hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas synonymous with landfills and garbage.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of landfill
Noun
  • When selecting a car vacuum, Koukia suggests considering battery life, weight, suction power, dustbin size, and attachments.
    — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • Plus, its dock automatically empties the dustbin, washes and dries the mop pads, and can go up to 65 days between dustbin changes.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 23 June 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
  • Yet Evil Dead Burn barely gives you that adrenaline-rush dump.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026
  • Orchard Street, which jogs awkwardly around the one-time dump at Gowen Road, in particular needs to change, according to both Ada County Highway District and Boise city reports.
    — Mark Dee July 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
Definition of dump
Noun
  • Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.
    — By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
  • Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Feb. 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 Jul. 2026.

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