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TOXIC SITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does toxic site mean?
• TOXIC SITE (noun)
The noun TOXIC SITE has 1 sense:
1. a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up
Familiarity information: TOXIC SITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Superfund site; toxic site; toxic waste area
Hypernyms ("toxic site" 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 "toxic site"):
orphan site (a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup)
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