scrap heap
Pile of refuse
A scrap heap is a pile of discarded metal or machinery, typically at a junkyard.
Figuratively, to end up on the scrap heap is to be discarded as useless or obsolete: The new technology threw thousands of workers on the scrap heap.
To consign something to the scrap heap is to abandon it as no longer viable.
- junkyardSalvage storage site
- scrapyardSalvage lot for vehicles
- dumpWaste disposal site
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
- landfillWaste burial ground
industrial waste · boneyard · rusted out · obsolescence · past its prime · end of the line · salvage · spare parts · redundancy · midden · castoff · thrown away · consigned · abandoned · discard · wreck · garbage dump · mothballed
- dump siteslandfill, junkyard, garbage dump, rubbish pile, scrapyard
- junkyardsjunk cars, wrecked cars, totaled cars, abandoned cars, car bodies
- pilespile, stack, mound, accumulation, woodpile
- waste pilesgarbage pile, trash pile, rubbish pile, debris pile, garbage dump
- waste managementwaste, trash, garbage, rubbish, refuse
- car troubleflat tire, dead battery, stalled car, flooded engine, seized engine
scrap heapmuseum
Public exhibit space
treasure trove · hall of fame · archive · collection · showroom
scrap heapactive service
Military personnel in operations
active duty · working order · mint condition · showroom · factory floor
scrap heappedestal
Support for statuary
pinnacle · spotlight · center stage · active roster · starting lineup