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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The current buffer is half a mile, which gives surrounding cities little sway over landfills built nearby.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
Pap shots of Kaia Gerber and Kendall Jenner are spliced with drone shots of hellish landfill sites in Accra, Ghana.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
In landfills, where those same materials would be buried, they are broken down by anaerobic microorganisms, creating methane.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2024
The same amount of e-waste–including circuit boards, wires as well as the metal, glass, and plastics that encase electronic components–ended up in landfills.
—Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
The landfill was finally shuttered in 2001; the last materials dumped there were the remnants of the Twin Towers.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Image Food is the most common material in landfills.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Many of the older chemicals, including PBDE, still exist in vintage items, such as the foam in older sofas and carpet padding, but a key route of exposure is contamination — flame retardants have leached from landfills over decades to pollute the air, soil, groundwater, rivers and streams.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Scientists in the latest report observed more than 200 active landfills in 18 states that participate in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.
—Aaron Clark, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
Pap shots of Kaia Gerber and Kendall Jenner are spliced with drone shots of hellish landfill sites in Accra, Ghana.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
In landfills, where those same materials would be buried, they are broken down by anaerobic microorganisms, creating methane.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2024
The same amount of e-waste–including circuit boards, wires as well as the metal, glass, and plastics that encase electronic components–ended up in landfills.
—Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
The landfill was finally shuttered in 2001; the last materials dumped there were the remnants of the Twin Towers.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Image Food is the most common material in landfills.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Many of the older chemicals, including PBDE, still exist in vintage items, such as the foam in older sofas and carpet padding, but a key route of exposure is contamination — flame retardants have leached from landfills over decades to pollute the air, soil, groundwater, rivers and streams.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Scientists in the latest report observed more than 200 active landfills in 18 states that participate in the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.
—Aaron Clark, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landfill. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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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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