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

Synonyms of landfill

• dump

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

After working with the FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to establish a perimeter within the landfill to search for the remains, police began the search on July 13. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

Even after treatment, some could not be recycled and had to be sent to landfill or incinerated. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026

Stony Island Reclamation is a subsidiary of Land and Lakes and oversees the Harbor View landfill. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Naseej estimates that the UAE consumes roughly 500 million textile items annually and generates about 220,000 metric tons of textile waste, 88 percent of which ends up in landfill. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing landfill

• sanitary landfill

Rhymes for landfill

• anthill
• backfill
• bluegill
• crossbill
• distil
• distill
• downhill
• dunghill
• foothill
• fulfil
• fulfill
• goodwill

Kids Definition

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