scrapheap
/ˈskræpˌhip/
noun
- A pile of discarded or waste material, especially metal or machinery.
- The old car was taken to the scrapheap to be recycled.
- Workers sorted through the scrapheap for usable parts.
- After the factory closed, its equipment ended up on the scrapheap.
- A state or place where something is considered useless or abandoned.
- The once-famous singer felt she had been cast onto the scrapheap of pop culture.
- Many old traditions end up on the scrapheap as society changes.
- His brilliant ideas were thrown on the scrapheap of forgotten projects.