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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Plastic jugs are often not recycled & end up in landfills.
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Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Disheartened and frustrated, Howells rushed to the landfill—roughly the size of a football field—only to realize that recovering his hardware crypto wallet was nearly impossible.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
Hazardous waste may sometimes travel hundreds of miles to be taken to a large Class 1 Subtitle D landfill.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
Without this initiative, these materials would likely have been discarded in landfills, incinerated or contributed to ocean pollution.
—Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2025
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Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025
Disheartened and frustrated, Howells rushed to the landfill—roughly the size of a football field—only to realize that recovering his hardware crypto wallet was nearly impossible.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025
Hazardous waste may sometimes travel hundreds of miles to be taken to a large Class 1 Subtitle D landfill.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
Without this initiative, these materials would likely have been discarded in landfills, incinerated or contributed to ocean pollution.
—Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for landfill
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landfill. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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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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