landfill

noun

land·​fill ˈlan(d)-ˌfil 

1

: an area built up by landfill

2

: a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying land

called also sanitary landfill

landfill transitive verb

Synonyms

• dump
• sanitary landfill
• tip [chiefly British]

Examples of landfill in a Sentence

using landfill to dispose of trash

Part of the city was built on landfill.

Recent Examples on the Web

Food is often cut off from oxygen when it's piled up in a landfill. —London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024

In the Wednesday complaint, the county alleged that the companies promoted their bottles as recyclable but knew most of them would end up in landfills and that they cannot be meaningfully recycled without environmental harms. —Zack Budryk, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024

The composting program reduces waste that would otherwise end up in landfills. —Shafaq Patel, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024

The rest ends up being incinerated, sent to landfills, or discarded on the landscape, where they are often flushed into rivers or out to sea. —Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing landfill

• sanitary landfill

Kids Definition

landfill

noun

land·​fill -ˌfil 

1

: a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth

2

: an area built up by landfill