scrap heap
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of scrapheap.
Example Sentences
- "Dieselisation saw the withdrawal of Shay engines on the Western Maryland, but No. 6 was rescued from an inglorious demise on the scrap heap, and now rests in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's transport museum in Baltimore, which contains many other interesting railway exhibits."
- "The large double-deck Brush electric cars which replaced steam in 1929 and were the largest passenger-carrying road vehicles in the country, will follow the fixed assets to the scrap heap."