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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One week after a massive fire tore through an Opa-locka junkyard, Cairo Lane has reopened. — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 2 June 2026 About 125 people in apartments east of the junkyard were evacuated. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 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 Project Boson will replace an auto parts junkyard with a nearly 620,000-square-foot data center. — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 22 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for junkyard

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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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 7 Jul. 2026.

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