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Noun: scrapheap  'skrap,heep
  1. An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
    - garbage heap, junk heap, rubbish heap, trash heap, junk pile, trash pile, refuse heap
     
  2. Pile of discarded metal

Derived forms: scrapheaps

Type of: agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, dump, dumpsite [N. Amer], garbage dump [N. Amer], heap, mound, pile, rubbish dump [Brit], tip [Brit], trash dump [N. Amer], wasteyard, waste-yard

Encyclopedia: Scrapheap