landfill

(lănd'fĭl')
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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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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• Urban Structures and Phenomena - landfill: low area of land that is built up from trash and garbage wastes embedded between layers of earth

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See words rhyming with "landfill."

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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