Translations for „scrapheap“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

scrapheap [ˈskræphiːp] N

scrapheap

monte m de ferro velho

to throw sth on the scrapheap

jogar a. c. no ferro velho

Usage examples with scrapheap

to throw sth on the scrapheap

jogar a. c. no ferro velho

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In the show, teams of contestants had 10 hours in which to build a working machine that could do a specific task, using materials available in a scrapheap.

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Just a couple of years apart, the two coaches had gone from occupying two of the most important positions in the game to the scrapheap.

www.smh.com.au

When sound technology arrived at the end of the 1920s, a lot of those who only had faces fell on the scrapheap.

www.stuff.co.nz

He will end up on the scrapheap if that is to happen.

www.goal.com

If people like the look of you, messages are sent; if they don't, you're instantly discarded and sent to the virtual scrapheap.

www.expressandstar.com

But apprenticeships are also rescuing many from the fear of being left on the scrapheap.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Firing up an old motorcycle rescued from the scrapheap is the perfect way to celebrate the arrival of warmer weather.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Or both will be consigned to the scrapheap for a generation.

www.independent.co.uk

Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap.

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The reality for hundreds of current players and thousands who have been thrown on the scrapheap in the past is far, far different.

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