landfill

land·fill

noun \-ˌfil\

Definition of LANDFILL

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

Examples of LANDFILL

1. using landfill to dispose of trash
2. Part of the city was built on landfill.

First Known Use of LANDFILL

1903

Related to LANDFILL

Synonyms: dump, sanitary landfill, tip [chiefly British]

Related Words: dustbin, dustheap, junkyard, kitchen midden, midden; transfer station; mess, pigpen, pigsty, sty

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Rhymes with LANDFILL

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