- garbage dump
- nouna piece of land where waste materials are dumped• Syn: ↑dump, ↑trash dump, ↑rubbish dump, ↑wasteyard, ↑waste-yard, ↑dumpsite• Hyponyms:
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garbage dump — garbage ,dump noun count a public area, usually outside of a town, where people can leave their garbage … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
garbage dump — /ˈgabɪdʒ dʌmp/ (say gahbij dump) noun a location, usually a landfill site, where garbage collected from urban areas is taken and dumped. Also, garbage tip …
garbage dump — place where garbage is thrown … English contemporary dictionary
garbage dump — Synonyms and related words: bog, cesspool, cloaca, cloaca maxima, colluvies, compost heap, drain, dump, dunghill, kitchen midden, manure pile, marsh, midden, mire, mixen, quagmire, refuse heap, septic tank, sewer, sink, sump, swamp … Moby Thesaurus
Garbage Dump — California’s San Quentin Prison; Green Meadow Correctional Facility at Comstock, NY … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
dump|ster — «DUHMP stuhr», noun. U.S. a largeceptacle for refuse which is emptied into a garbage truck or can be loaded on a flat bed truck to carry to a garbage dump … Useful english dictionary
dump — 1. noun 1) take the garbage to the dump Syn: transfer station, garbage dump, landfill (site), rubbish heap, dumping ground; dustheap, slag heap 2) informal the house is a dump Syn: hovel, shack, slum; … Thesaurus of popular words
dump — dump1 [dʌmp] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put something somewhere)¦ 2¦(get rid of something)¦ 3¦(end relationship)¦ 4¦(sell goods)¦ 5¦(copy information)¦ Phrasal verbs dump on somebody ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Dutch dompen to … Dictionary of contemporary English
garbage heap — noun an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter • Syn: ↑junk heap, ↑rubbish heap, ↑scrapheap, ↑trash heap, ↑junk pile, ↑trash pile, ↑refuse heap • Hypernyms … Useful english dictionary
dump — dump1 [ dʌmp ] verb transitive ** ▸ 1 place something carelessly ▸ 2 get rid of someone/something ▸ 3 leave someone with someone else ▸ 4 end relationship ▸ 5 sell goods at low price ▸ 6 copy information ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) INFORMAL to put something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
