Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable)A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.

    Deponie, Mülldeponie, Müllhalde

    сва́лка f мусораsválka, полиго́н m для захоронения n отходовzaxoronenija

    сміттєзвалищеsmittjezvalyšče

  2. (uncountable)Such material that is disposed.

    Müll

More definitions
  • a low area that has been filled in

Examples

19 sentences
  1. I used to live next to a landfill.

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  2. The river is like a floating landfill.

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  3. Light bulbs should be taken to landfills.

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  4. Plastic in landfills lasts for hundreds of years.

    ruПластик на свалках не перегнивает в течение сотен лет.

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  5. Food is the largest source of garbage in landfills.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
site at which refuse is buried:
Русский
By meaning 1
site at which refuse is buried:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
site at which refuse is buried:
material so disposed of:

Origin

From land + fill.

From land + fill.

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Forms

plural: landfills
Singularlandfill
Plurallandfills

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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