scrap heap

noun

1
: a pile of discarded metal
2
: the place where useless things are discarded

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Who might Sally have been in a world that didn’t throw her on the scrap heap at birth? Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 June 2024 Scoot McNairy’s character is this man who feels part of the scrap heap. Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 14 Sep. 2024 Most had been donated by amateur collectors who were too intrigued to leave the fossils in the scrap heap. Jack Tamisiea, New York Times, 14 July 2024 Past practice and legal tradition relegated the act, which Congress passed at the behest of Anthony Comstock, one of the outstanding bluenoses of American history, to the scrap heap long ago. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for scrap heap 

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of scrap heap was in 1838

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“Scrap heap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrap%20heap. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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