landfill

IPA: ɫˈændfɪɫ

noun

  • (countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.
  • (uncountable) The material so disposed of.

verb

  • (transitive) To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.
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Examples of "landfill" in Sentences

  • The trio dump the body in a landfill.
  • Maybe they moved the house because of the landfill.
  • The landfill is now called the Gansevoort Peninsula.
  • Reduce the waste hauled to and disposed of in landfills.
  • The area near the landfill is residential and commercial.
  • I don't think the term "landfill" is an appropriate synonym.
  • It became the largest landfill relocation in the Gulf region.
  • Waste compaction is critical to extending the life of the landfill.
  • Sealing the top of the landfill might increase the likelihood of this.
  • From the inception of the site the landfill was filled with controversy.
  • From the inception of the site, the landfill was filled with controversy.
  • Rather it ends up in landfill, where it takes as long to break down as everything else and may actually contribute more greenhouse gases than traditional plastic packaging.
  • Now there are virtually no remaining empty lots left to develop in Battery Park City, largely built on top of landfill from the excavated from the World Trade Center site in the 1960s.
  • Rob Bennett for The Wall Street Journal There are virtually no remaining empty lots left to develop in Battery Park City, a neighborhood largely built on top of landfill from the excavated World Trade Center site in the 1960s.

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