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单词 landfill
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landfill

noun

land·​fill ˈlan(d)-ˌfil How to pronounce landfill (audio)
1
: an area built up by landfill
2
: a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying land

called also sanitary landfill

landfill transitive verb

Synonyms

  • dump
  • sanitary landfill
  • tip [chiefly British]
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Example Sentences

using landfill to dispose of trash Part of the city was built on landfill.
Recent Examples on the Web The Other Side Academy has agreed to pay to clean up the site of the pilot project, which includes part of a former landfill. Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022 Wise has been involved in several solar projects in Northeast Ohio over the years, including a solar farm built on the former Brooklyn landfill that provides electricity to Cuyahoga County administration buildings. Peter Krouse, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022 Installation of a new pipe system is underway to improve drainage on the site, a former landfill. Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2022 Javier de la Vega Park, south of International Airport Road and west of Minnesota Drive, was built on the site of a former Greater Anchorage Area Borough landfill in 1984. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2022 But the world intervenes when the Lebanese government begins construction on a garbage landfill right outside their fence. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2022 Planning began in 2017, after Houston’s city government put out a call for proposals to repurpose a former landfill in a way that was environmentally sustainable. Camille Squires, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2022 LaGuardia, for instance, is built partially on landfill already and has to grapple with coastal flooding. Forrest Brown, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022 The firm has been trying to sell the Port of Newark site, which includes a former landfill, for years, the people familiar with the matter said. Ted Bunker, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

landfill

noun

land·​fill ˈland-ˌfil How to pronounce landfill (audio)
1
: a system of garbage and trash disposal in which waste is buried between layers of earth
2
: an area built up by such a landfill

landfill

noun

as in dump
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped we took all of our old, broken furniture to the landfill

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dump
  • sanitary landfill
  • junkyard
  • dustbin
  • tip
  • mess
  • midden
  • dustheap
  • transfer station
  • pigsty
  • kitchen midden
  • pigpen
  • sty
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