Synonyms of landfill

landfill

noun

ˈlan(d)-ˌfil 

as in dump

a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped

we took all of our old, broken furniture to the landfill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dump
• sanitary landfill
• tip
• junkyard
• dustbin
• mess
• midden
• transfer station
• dustheap
• kitchen midden
• pigsty
• pigpen
• sty

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of landfill

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

Finding places to play Eight miles from central Nairobi, the air over the Dandora landfill is gauzy with the acrid, chemical smoke of burning garbage. — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 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

Phrases Containing landfill

• sanitary landfill