as in dump
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
we took all of our old, broken furniture to the landfill
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This means roughly 35 million tons of leaves and grass hit the nation's landfills, though this number has been in decline since the 1990s when some states (but not Indiana) began introducing legislation that discouraged yard waste heading to landfills.
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Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Nov. 2025
The landfill would be in Aurora’s extraterritorial jurisdiction at 291 Private Road 4674.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
Chucking them in the trash isn’t a great option, because landfills are full of old clothing.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Patton said that contaminated soil would be shipped to a landfill and a 18-inch surface cover of clean soil would be spread across the entire site.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Nov. 2025
The landfill would be in Aurora’s extraterritorial jurisdiction at 291 Private Road 4674.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
Chucking them in the trash isn’t a great option, because landfills are full of old clothing.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
Patton said that contaminated soil would be shipped to a landfill and a 18-inch surface cover of clean soil would be spread across the entire site.
—Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for landfill
Recent Examples of Synonyms for landfill
dump
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Otherwise, schedule bulk trash pickup or haul the mattress to the dump.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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In 2023, Hailey got into the Halloween spirit in an Instagram photo dump.—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landfill. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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