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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
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of land where waste materials are dumped
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
dump; dumpsite; garbage dump; rubbish dump; trash dump; waste-yard; wasteyard
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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