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landfill
The definition of a landfill is a place where garbage is buried under the soil.
(noun)An example of a landfill is a place designated as the destination of loaded garbage trunks.
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See landfill in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the disposal of garbage, rubbish, etc. by burying it under soil or earth
- a place used for this purpose
- garbage, rubbish, etc. so disposed of
See landfill in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A method of solid waste disposal in which refuse is buried between layers of dirt so as to fill in or reclaim low-lying ground.
- A site used for or reclaimed by such disposal.
- To dispose of (waste material) in a landfill.
- To fill in or reclaim (land) by this method.
To dispose of refuse or reclaim land by filling in low-lying ground.
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