landfill

noun land·fill \ ˈlan(d)-ˌfil \

Updated on: 25 Apr 2018

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

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landfill

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Examples of landfill in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of landfill from the Web

The landfill has been accepting the New York sewage sludge since early 2017.

— jeff martin and jay reeves, miamiherald, "A stranded trainload of very stinky NYC poop makes it hard to breathe in an Ala. town | Miami Herald," 18 Apr. 2018
The landfill has been accepting the New York sewage sludge since early 2017.

— Washington Post, "‘Poop Train’ full of NYC sewage raises stink in Alabama town," 18 Apr. 2018
The landfill has been accepting the New York sewage sludge since early 2017.

— jeff martin and jay reeves, chicagotribune.com, "'It smells like death:' Alabama endures New York City 'poop train'," 17 Apr. 2018
Workers at the Lubbock city landfill spotted a new suitcase in the trash, opened it and discovered the body of Baldwin, who was 10 weeks pregnant.

— john patrick pullen, Time, "Texas Executes 'Suitcase Killer' Minutes After U.S. Supreme Court Rejects His Death Penalty Appeal," 28 Mar. 2018
The landfill will be open and trash will be collected according to the regular schedule with no delays.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Manchester Edition," 27 Mar. 2018
Since early 2017, a Birmingham-area landfill has been taking in treated sewage from New York and New Jersey, much to the chagrin of residents.

— chas danner, Daily Intelligencer, "Alabamians Are Sick of New York’s Crap," 11 Mar. 2018
Many end up in the world's oceans or dumped in landfill.

— michael taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, "With reusable plastic bag, Malaysian shoppers encouraged to limit waste," 3 Apr. 2018
Several months later, Jennifer Blagg's body was found in a landfill near refuse from the company where Michael Blagg worked.

— crimesider staff, CBS News, "Colorado man re-tried in wife's 2001 death testifies for 1st time," 28 Mar. 2018

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