junk heap

• Monte ou coleção de objetos jogados fora, inúteis ou quebrados; usado também de forma figurada para descrever algo em péssimo estado ou de baixa qualidade.

A pile or collection of discarded, worthless, or broken items; often used metaphorically to describe something in very poor condition or of low quality.

1. Pile of discarded itemsB1informal

   A collection of old, broken, or unwanted objects, often stored in a messy pile.

   Monte de entulho

   • The backyard was full of a junk heap from the renovation.
   • He threw all the broken furniture onto the junk heap.
   • The garage had become a junk heap of old tools and boxes.

2. Old or worthless vehicleB2informalamerican

   A car or other vehicle that is old, broken, or no longer functional.

   Carro velho ou em mau estado

   • He drives an old junk heap that barely starts.
   • That truck is a junk heap; it's not worth fixing.
   • She sold her junk heap to a scrapyard.