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GARBAGE DUMP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does garbage dump mean?

• GARBAGE DUMP (noun)
The noun GARBAGE DUMP has 1 sense:

1. a piece of land where waste materials are dumped

Familiarity information: GARBAGE DUMP used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GARBAGE DUMP (noun)

Sense 1

garbage dump ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A piece of land where waste materials are dumped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

dumpsite; garbage dump; rubbish dump; trash dump; waste-yard; wasteyard; dump

Hypernyms ("garbage dump" is a kind of...):

land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "garbage dump"):

eitchen midden; kitchen midden; midden ((archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement)

garbage heap; junk heap; junk pile; refuse heap; rubbish heap; scrapheap; trash heap; trash pile (an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter)

toxic dumpsite; toxic waste dump; toxic waste site (a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally))

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