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

  1. the disposal of garbage, rubbish, etc. by burying it under soil or earth
  2. a place used for this purpose
  3. garbage, rubbish, etc. so disposed of

See landfill in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A site used for or reclaimed by such disposal.
verb land·filled, land·fill·ing, land·fills
verb, transitive
  1. To dispose of (waste material) in a landfill.
  2. To fill in or reclaim (land) by this method.
verb, intransitive
To dispose of refuse or reclaim land by filling in low-lying ground.

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