landfill
noun
land·fill
ˈlan(d)-ˌfil 
1
: an area built up by landfill
2
: a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying land
called also sanitary landfill
landfill
transitive verb
Examples of landfill in a Sentence
using landfill to dispose of trash
Part of the city was built on landfill.
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Food is often cut off from oxygen when it's piled up in a landfill.
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London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
In the Wednesday complaint, the county alleged that the companies promoted their bottles as recyclable but knew most of them would end up in landfills and that they cannot be meaningfully recycled without environmental harms.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
The composting program reduces waste that would otherwise end up in landfills.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
The rest ends up being incinerated, sent to landfills, or discarded on the landscape, where they are often flushed into rivers or out to sea.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
In the Wednesday complaint, the county alleged that the companies promoted their bottles as recyclable but knew most of them would end up in landfills and that they cannot be meaningfully recycled without environmental harms.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
The composting program reduces waste that would otherwise end up in landfills.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
The rest ends up being incinerated, sent to landfills, or discarded on the landscape, where they are often flushed into rivers or out to sea.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landfill. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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landfill
noun
land·fill
-ˌfil
1
: a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth
2
: an area built up by landfill
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