scrapheap

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scrap·heap

also scrap heap (skrăp′hēp′)

1. A pile or heap of waste material.

2. A place for discarding useless or worthless material.

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scrapheap

(ˈskræpˌhiːp)

1. a pile of discarded material

2. on the scrapheap (of people or things) having outlived their usefulness

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Noun	1.	scrapheap - an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter garbage heap, junk heap, junk pile, refuse heap, rubbish heap, trash heap, trash pile dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dump - a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
	2.	scrapheap - pile of discarded metal cumulation, heap, pile, agglomerate, cumulus, mound - a collection of objects laid on top of each other

scrapheap

noun

on the scrapheap discarded, ditched (slang), redundant, written off, jettisoned, put out to grass (informal) Thousands of miners have suddenly found themselves on the scrapheap.

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scrapheap

scrap heap [ˈskræphiːp] n

(lit) → tas m de ferraille

(fig) on the scrap heap → au rancart, au rebut

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

scrapheap

[ˈskræpˌhiːp] n → ammasso di rottami
to throw on the scrapheap (fig) → mettere nel dimenticatoio

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SPARKS will flying in Coventry next week as three teams of engineers battle it out in a Scrapheap Challenge-style competition.

Teams battle it out in junk wars

ANOTHER piece of British bicycle history has been lost with the announcement that Midland gear maker Sturmey Archer is to close - throwing 300 workers on the scrapheap.

Bike firm to close

A firm backed by public money has thrown its workforce on the scrapheap.

Chop for workers

GARY DAVIDSON is determined to thank Kilbirnie Ladeside for saving him from the scrapheap by firing them towards the title.

Football: Gary is going in for the Kil after being dumped; JUNIORS WEST

The trio clinched the title doyens of the dump in the final of Channel 4's Scrapheap Challenge programme.

Mates race to a champion scrap!

Historic Scotland workers are facing the scrapheap ...

You're fired!

GARY DAVIDSON wants to thank Kilbirnie Ladeside for saving him from the scrapheap by firing them towards the title.

Football: Gary goes in for Kil; JUNIORS WEST

Charlton made a swift U-turn in appointing 45-year-old Pardew, on the scrapheap himself just a fortnight ago when he was sacked by the Hammers.

Football: Pardew on pounds 1m bonus

Scott Harrison defends his world featherweight title against Nicky Cook, who promised to dump him on the scrapheap.

RESULT!: Harrisons have Scott to perform; IN ASSOCIATION WITH betfair

RANGERS keeper Roberto Giacomo faces being dumped on the scrapheap.

Football: Gers keeper faces the axe

WIGAN boss Paul Jewell has given injury victims David Thompson and Neil Mellor the chance to climb off the scrapheap. Midfielder Thompson has quit Blackburn to sign for Latics until the end of the season, while Liverpool striker Mellor has joined on loan until May.

FOOTBALL SPY: Jewell to revive crocks

They should have offered her some help and support rather than leaving her on the scrapheap. I wish Kate Moss all the strength and courage to pull through this