Definition (Source: Wikipedia)
***A wrecking yard, auto salvage yard or breakers yard, (sometimes also known as a junkyard), is the location of an auto dismantling business where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles (most commonly automobiles, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small planes and boats exist too) are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.
In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers.
A breaker's yard in the UK, showing cars stacked on metal frames to make it easier to find and remove usable parts.Many salvage yards operate on a local level?when an automobile is severely damaged, is malfunctioning beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases?as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left?the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away. The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from its location to the yard. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another. Inventories are kept in the office, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Most yards have computerized inventory systems.