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Definition of Junkyard
1. Noun. A field where junk is collected and stored for resale.
Definition of Junkyard
1. Noun. A place where rubbish is placed. ¹
2. Noun. A business that sells used metal or items. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Junkyard
1. a place where junk is stored [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Junkyard
Literary usage of Junkyard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"... twentieth-century Arcadia of Shulman, Koenig, and Entenza no more than "a
junkyard of dreams" (Mike Davis) or even "God's own junkyard" (Peter Blake)? ..."
2. Reports of Cases Decided in the Appellate Court of the State of Indiana by Appellate Court, Indiana Appellate Court, Indiana (1921)
"Whero plaintiff sm-da town and its board of trustees to enjoin them from enforcing
an ordinance making it unlawful to maintain and operate a junkyard within ..."
3. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"... they had hacked the shit out of those boxes that Kurt had built in his junkyard
of a storefront of an apartment. "These work?" Alan said. ..."
4. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"Outside, we built a vestibule to shield the tent entrance from cold blasts of
air—complete with a plexiglass skylight scrounged from a junkyard; and we also ..."
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