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landfill

 
Dictionary: land·fill   (lănd'fĭl') pronunciation
 
n.
  1. A method of solid waste disposal in which refuse is buried between layers of dirt so as to fill in or reclaim low-lying ground.
  2. A site used for or reclaimed by such disposal.

v., -filled, -fill·ing, -fills.

v.tr.
  1. To dispose of (waste material) in a landfill.
  2. To fill in or reclaim (land) by this method.
v.intr.

To dispose of refuse or reclaim land by filling in low-lying ground.


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Architecture: landfill
 

The disposal of garbage, refuse, and trash by burying it under layers of earth in low ground or in excavated pits.


 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a low area that has been filled in


 
Translations: Landfill
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - losseplads, opfyldning
v. tr. - tage til lossepladsen
v. intr. - tage affald til lossepladsen

Nederlands (Dutch)
het gebruik van afval als vulgrond

Français (French)
n. - décharge publique en fouille
v. tr. - agrandir le terrain utilisable (par décharge en fouille)
v. intr. - agrandir le terrain utilisable (par décharge en fouille)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Müll, Schutt, Geländeauffüllung
v. - Gelände auffüllen (mit Müll)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χωματερή, επιχωμάτωση

Italiano (Italian)
terrapieno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aterro (m)

Русский (Russian)
закапывание мусора, мусорная свалка

Español (Spanish)
n. - vertedero de basuras
v. tr. - rellenar con basura
v. intr. - rellenar con basura

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - soptipp

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
垃圾填埋, 垃圾填埋地, 将垃圾填埋, 填埋垃圾

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 垃圾填埋, 垃圾填埋地
v. tr. - 將垃圾填埋
v. intr. - 填埋垃圾

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 쓰레기 매립지
v. tr. - 쓰레기 매립지로 쓰다
v. intr. - 쓰레기를 매립하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 埋めたて式ごみ廃棄, 埋め立ての材料, 埋め立て地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أرض تتكون من املائها بالنفايات أو غيرها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מילוי חלל בפסולת/אבנים לשם בניה/סלילה/ייבוש, היפטרות מפסולת בדרך זו, שטח שמולא בתהליך זה‬
v. tr. - ‮יצר עוד אדמה בדרך זו‬
v. intr. - ‮יצר עוד אדמה לשימוש בדרך זו‬


 
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