landfill

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English

Etymology

land + fill

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈlænd.fɪl/

Verb

landfill (third-person singular simple present landfills, present participle landfilling, simple past and past participle landfilled)

1. To dispose of garbage by burying it at a landfill site.

Translations

to dispose of waste

• Czech: skládka (cs) f
• Finnish: viedä (fi) kaatopaikalle (fi), loppusijoittaa (fi) kaatopaikalle

• German: deponieren, ablagern

Derived terms

• landfillable

Noun

landfill (plural landfills)

A landfill site in Managua, Nicaragua.

1. A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.
2. The material so disposed of.

Translations

site at which refuse is buried

• Finnish: kaatopaikka (fi)
• German: Deponie f; Mülldeponie f (garbage), Müllhalde (de) f
• Italian: discarica (it) f

• Polish: składowisko odpadów n
• Russian: свалка (ru) (svalka) f мусора (ru) (musora) m, полигон (ru) (poligon) m для (ru) (dlja) захоронения (ru) (zaxoronenija) n отходов (ru) (otxodov) pl
• Spanish: vertedero (es) m

material so disposed of

• Finnish: kaatopaikkajäte (fi)

• German: Müll (de) m

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• French: décharge f

• Greek: χωματερή (el) (chomaterí) f (chomaterí)