junkyard

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According to town statute, a junkyard is any place where two or more unregistered and used vehicles are stored.

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  1. noun A yard or lot that is used to store junk, such as scrap metal or resalable car parts.

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  • My father found that in a junkyard, and was able to repair it and make it work. —  Hector Ruiz on connecting the world
  • When the growl of the all-terrain vehicle faded away toward the other side of the junkyard, the boy signaled that it was safe to leave the truck. —  Hoot
  • I turned the MG and bounced through ruts and potholes The parking lot looked like a junkyard: there were dead cars pulled over to one side in a field of straggly anise weed; a couple of rusted trailers with laundry lines strung between them sat next to a mound of oyster shells that spilled down the hillside like tailings from an abandoned mine. —  Muller, Marcia - [11] Trophies and Dead Things.htm
  • The second junkyard was a smaller one, and I didn't get much help with the cars I could expect to find there either. —  AHMM,November2007
  • We parted without mentioning the car over at the junkyard, the one I thought had been moved. —  AHMM,November2007
 

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