landfill

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

land + fill

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to landfill

Third person singular
landfills

Simple past
landfilled

Past participle
landfilled

Present participle
landfilling

to 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.

[edit] Translations

to dispose of waste

[edit] Noun

Singular
landfill

Plural
landfills

landfill (plural landfills)

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

[edit] Translations

site at which refuse is buried
material so disposed of
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