Meaning

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site..

Definitions by Sense

1. A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
2. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
3. That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess.
4. (computing) An act of dumping, or its result.
5. (computing) A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program.
6. A storage place for supplies, especially military.
7. (slang) An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place.
8. (slang, often with the verb "take", euphemistic) An act of defecation; a defecating.

Example Sentences

a toxic waste dump

The new XML dump is coming soon.

an ammo dump

a munitions dump

This place looks like a dump.

Don't feel bad about moving away from this dump.

"Okay," he said. "We'll check out of this dump tomorrow."

I have to take a dump.

Word Forms

• dumps
• dumping
• dumped

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When Should You Use Dump?

Use dump when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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