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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