scrapheaps
Metal refuse sites
Scrapheaps are piles of discarded metal, machinery, or other unwanted materials.
The word often appears figuratively: to be thrown on the scrapheap is to be discarded as useless, especially of workers deemed too old or obsolete.
The policy consigned thousands to the scrapheap.
Sites collecting discarded vehicles
- salvage yardsSites selling reclaimed auto parts
- metal recyclingReprocessing discarded alloys
- wrecking yardsPlaces selling used parts
- breakersWaves that collapse shoreward
steel mills · foundries · crushing · shredders · magnets · rust · corrosion · piles
Left behind completely
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- defunctNo longer existing
- decommissionedRemoved from active service
- retiredNo longer in workforce
worn-out · broken-down · unusable · castoffs · rejects · remnants · leftovers · wreckage
Delivered into custody
abandoned · forgotten · discarded · rejected · finished · history · obsolescence · irrelevance
Destroys completely
- hulksMassive unwieldy forms
- chassisStructural support base
- enginesMachines converting fuel to motion
- partsIndividual elements of whole
bumpers · fenders · transmissions · radiators · tires · batteries · catalytic converters · body panels
Military weapons and ammunition
- shipbreakingDismantling vessels for parts
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- patriotic dutyResponsibility owed to nation
- home frontCivilian sector during war
junkyards
Sites collecting discarded vehicles
- salvage yardsSites selling reclaimed auto parts
- metal recyclingReprocessing discarded alloys
- wrecking yardsPlaces selling used parts
breakers · steel mills · foundries · crushing · shredders · magnets · rust · corrosion · piles · dumps
abandoned
Left behind completely
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- defunctNo longer existing
- decommissionedRemoved from active service
retired · worn-out · broken-down · unusable · castoffs · rejects · remnants · leftovers · wreckage · debris
consigned
Delivered into custody
headed · abandoned · forgotten · discarded · rejected · finished · history · obsolescence · irrelevance · failure
wrecks
Destroys completely
parts · bumpers · fenders · transmissions · radiators · tires · batteries · catalytic converters · body panels · windshields
munitions
Military weapons and ammunition
- shipbreakingDismantling vessels for parts
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- patriotic dutyResponsibility owed to nation
scrapheapstreasure troves
Collections of valuable finds
gold mines · showrooms · museums · archives · vaults
scrapheapsfactories
Industrial production facilities
assembly lines · manufacturing plants · production lines · workshops · mint condition
scrapheapscurated collections
Purposefully assembled groupings
display cases · showcases · exhibitions · shrines · pedestals