landfill

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English

Etymology

land + fill

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈlænd.fɪl/

Verb

landfill (third-person singular simple present landfills, present participle landfilling, simple past and past participle landfilled)

1. To dispose of garbage by burying it at a landfill site.

Translations

to dispose of waste

Czech: skládka (cs) f. Finnish: viedä (fi) kaatopaikalle (fi), loppusijoittaa (fi) kaatopaikalle

German: deponieren, ablagern

Derived terms

• landfillable

Noun

landfill (plural landfills)

1. A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.
2. The material so disposed of.

Translations

site at which refuse is buried

Finnish: kaatopaikka (fi) German: Deponie f.; Mülldeponie f. (garbage) Italian: discarica (it) f.

Russian: свалка (ru) f. мусора (ru) m., полигон (ru) m. для (ru) захоронения (ru) n. отходов (ru) pl.

material so disposed of

Finnish: kaatopaikkajäte (fi)

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French: décharge f.

Greek: χωματερή (el) f. (chomaterí)