Landfill
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlæn(d).fɪl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Landfill is a verb meaning (transitive) To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.
Meaning
(transitive) To dispose of (garbage) by burying it at a landfill site.
More Meanings
- (countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.
- (uncountable) Such material that is disposed.
Example Sentences
If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.
A staff uniform recycling scheme at Govia Thameslink Railway has prevented the emission of 2,400kg of greenhouse gases. Some 620 sackloads of GTR clothing has been recycled in the past year through an advanced process called material reclamation - giving textiles a second chance instead of going to landfill.
Word Forms
- landfills
- landfilling
- landfilled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dump, junkyard, dustbin, dumpster, garbage, burrowing.
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