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Noun: landfill  'land,fil
  1. A low area that has been filled in
    "The old quarry was converted into a landfill for the city's waste"
     
  2. A low area where waste is buried between layers of earth
    "The city developed a new sanitary landfill to manage its growing waste problem";
    - sanitary landfill
     
  3. Waste that is disposed of at a landfill site
    "The city struggled to reduce its landfill"
Verb: landfill  'land,fil
  1. Dispose of at a landfill site
    "They landfilled the construction debris"

Derived forms: landfilled, landfilling, landfills

Type of: lowland

Encyclopedia: Landfill