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waste-yard

n. a piece of land where waste materials are dumped [syn: dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, dumpsite]

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In the waste-yard outside, the steam from the escape pipe, the litter of barrels and old iron, the shining heaps of coals, the ashes everywhere, were shrouded in a veil of mist and rain.