junkyard

noun

junk·​yard ˈjəŋk-ˌyärd How to pronounce junkyard (audio)
: 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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In one video, Enigma spots a junkyard filled with old-fashioned cars, the kind that required drivers. Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025 Our production design department had to sift through a junkyard to find our production design. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2025 The pack rat, whose entire yard is filled with stuff — a total junkyard. Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025 Sam Das, United States, 2024 A young trans woman is chased into a junkyard while being followed home late at night. Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025 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 18 Jul. 2025.

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