German-English translation for "Schrotthaufen"

"Schrotthaufen" English translation

Schrotthaufen
Maskulinum | masculine m

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scrap heap, scrap pile
examples
  • etwas auf den Schrotthaufen werfen auch | alsoa. figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    to throwetwas | something sth on the scrap heap
    etwas auf den Schrotthaufen werfen auch | alsoa. figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
At the moment the shipbuilding sector is in tatters.
Im Moment gleicht der Schiffbau einem Schrotthaufen.
Source: Europarl
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