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scrap metal

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  1. scrap metalnoun

    discarded metal suitable for reprocessing

    "he finally sold the car for scrap metal"

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  1. scrap metal

    Scrap metal refers to pieces of metal materials that are leftover, discarded, or considered waste after the completion of a manufacturing process or product use. These can include parts of vehicles, building supplies, or surplus materials from various industries. They can be recycled or repurposed for use in other manufacturing processes, reducing the need for new raw materials.

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  1. Scrap Metal

    Scrap Metal were a band from Broome, Western Australia who played rock music with elements of country and reggae. The members had Aboriginal, Irish, Filipino, French, Chinese, Scottish, Indonesian and Japanese heritage. The band toured nationally as part of the Bran Nue Dae musical and with Midnight Oil, and were the first Aboriginal band to sign an international publishing deal. An ABC TV documentary From Broome to the Big Smoke was made about them. Scrap Metal won the 'Best Indigenous Act' award at the 1992 West Australian Music Industry Awards. After Scrap Metal Alan, Stephen and Phillip Pigram joined up with their brothers David, Colin, Gavin and Peter to create The Pigram Brothers. In 2006 Stephen and Alan Pigram were inducted into the Western Australian Music Hall of Fame.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scrap metal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scrap metal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of scrap metal in a Sentence

  1. Duane Smith:

    We ended up with two pounds of scrap metal and 40 pounds of gun.

  2. Oleh Fetir:

    We were planning to come here tomorrow but because there were a lot of warnings about tomorrow, we will stay at home, we came here to see the parade of scrap metal, because the( Russians) have spoiled the celebration for us. Last year on Independence Day we were here watching the parade( of Ukrainian) military equipment, with the airplanes, it was majestic and fascinating. Now, this current parade is quite impressive. It's missing the photos of those who were inside.


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