landfill
noun
land·fill
ˈlan(d)-ˌfil 
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 in a Sentence
using landfill to dispose of trash
Part of the city was built on landfill.
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Charges have not been announced A Minnesota man has been arrested almost exactly two months after his 16-year-old son disappeared — and about a week after the teenager's remains were found in a landfill.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 9 July 2025
Law enforcement began checking the landfill June 4.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 8 July 2025
Imagine the positive impact if more people embraced old smartphones as data centers instead of sending them to landfills.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025
The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
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Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 9 July 2025
Law enforcement began checking the landfill June 4.
—Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 8 July 2025
Imagine the positive impact if more people embraced old smartphones as data centers instead of sending them to landfills.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025
The tunnel will traverse multiple difficult subsoil layers: a surface of historical and active landfill materials, including spoil from London tunneling projects and decades-old power station fly ash, a thick layer of alluvium composed of silts, clays, and peat, and, finally, highly variable chalk.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landfill. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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landfill
noun
land·fill
-ˌfil
1
: a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth
2
: an area built up by landfill
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