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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Most of it ends up in landfills or the ocean.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Mar. 2026
Connecticut’s troubles with trash began in 2022, when the state closed the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority’s waste-to-energy incinerator in Hartford, resulting in nearly 1 million tons of trash each year heading to landfills in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Recycling sports equipment not only keeps it out of landfills, but reduces the need for new equipment to be manufactured, Clarkin said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Plastic bottles generally end up in trash landfills, and research shows that only 37% of the more than 5 million tons of trash generated in Miami-Dade County each year is recycled.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Mar. 2026
Connecticut’s troubles with trash began in 2022, when the state closed the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority’s waste-to-energy incinerator in Hartford, resulting in nearly 1 million tons of trash each year heading to landfills in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
Recycling sports equipment not only keeps it out of landfills, but reduces the need for new equipment to be manufactured, Clarkin said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Plastic bottles generally end up in trash landfills, and research shows that only 37% of the more than 5 million tons of trash generated in Miami-Dade County each year is recycled.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landfill. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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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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