LANDFILL

landfill

(noun) a low area that has been filled in

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

landfill (third-person singular simple present landfills, present participle landfilling, simple past and past participle landfilled)

(transitive) To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.

Noun

landfill (countable and uncountable, plural landfills)

(countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.

(uncountable) The material so disposed of.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.

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