landfill en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈlæn(d).fɪl/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From land + fill.
Meanings
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(countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.
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.
2025 February 19, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 71:A heart that's full up like a landfill / A job that slowly kills you
1997, “No Surprises”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead:
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(uncountable) Such material that is disposed.
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.
2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| landfills | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
landfill site · landfill indie
Translations (63)
hu szeméttelep (site at which refuse is buried) · ms tapak pelupusan sampah (site at which refuse is buried) · cmn 填埋的垃圾 (material so disposed of) · mk депо́нија (site at which refuse is buried) · de Mülldeponie (site at which refuse is buried) · nv tsʼiilzéí nehegeehédi (site at which refuse is buried) · yi מיסטבאַרג (site at which refuse is buried) · el χωματερή (site at which refuse is buried) · nb fyllplass (site at which refuse is buried) · fi kaatopaikkajäte (material so disposed of) · fr décharge (site at which refuse is buried) · km ទីលានចាក់សម្រាម (site at which refuse is buried) · fr dépotoir (site at which refuse is buried) · ru полиго́н m для захоронения n отходов (site at which refuse is buried) · pl wysypisko (site at which refuse is buried) · az zibillik (site at which refuse is buried) · ga líonadh talún (material so disposed of) · it discarica (site at which refuse is buried) · fr déchet (material so disposed of) · az zibilxana (site at which refuse is buried) · ast basureru (site at which refuse is buried) · fr détritus (material so disposed of) · fi kaatopaikka (site at which refuse is buried) · ast cuchera (site at which refuse is buried) · es dompe (site at which refuse is buried) · cy claddfa sbwriel (site at which refuse is buried) · de Müll (material so disposed of) · nn fyllplass (site at which refuse is buried) · de Deponie (site at which refuse is buried) · tr çöplük (site at which refuse is buried) · yue 堆填區 /堆填区 (site at which refuse is buried) · es tiradero (site at which refuse is buried) · es basurero (site at which refuse is buried) · ru сва́лка f мусора (site at which refuse is buried) · pdt Schuntaka (site at which refuse is buried) · ga láithreán líonadh talún (site at which refuse is buried) · pt lixão (site at which refuse is buried) · ca abocador (site at which refuse is buried) · eu zabortegi (site at which refuse is buried) · pl odpady (material so disposed of) · es relleno sanitario (site at which refuse is buried) · sk skládka odpadu (site at which refuse is buried) · cs odpad (material so disposed of) · id TPA (site at which refuse is buried) · uk сміттєзвалище (site at which refuse is buried) · es basural (site at which refuse is buried) · cs skládka (site at which refuse is buried) · yue 垃圾堆填區 /垃圾堆填区 (site at which refuse is buried) · cmn 垃圾場 /垃圾场 (site at which refuse is buried) · es vertedero (site at which refuse is buried) · id tempat pembuangan sampah (site at which refuse is buried) · ast cucheru (site at which refuse is buried) · ka ნაგავსაყრელი (site at which refuse is buried) · ar مَرْدَم (site at which refuse is buried) · pl składowisko (site at which refuse is buried) · cmn 填埋地 (site at which refuse is buried) · pt aterro sanitário (site at which refuse is buried) · de Müllhalde (site at which refuse is buried) · de Müllabladeplatz (site at which refuse is buried) · sv soptipp (site at which refuse is buried) · tl tambakan ng basura (site at which refuse is buried) · id tempat pembuangan akhir (site at which refuse is buried) · mi ruapara (site at which refuse is buried)