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Definition of Dumpsite
1. Noun. A piece of land where waste materials are dumped.
Specialized synonyms: Eitchen Midden, Kitchen Midden, Midden, Garbage Heap, Junk Heap, Junk Pile, Refuse Heap, Rubbish Heap, Scrapheap, Trash Heap, Trash Pile, Toxic Dumpsite, Toxic Waste Dump, Toxic Waste Site
Generic synonyms: Land Site, Site
Derivative terms: Dump, Dumpy
Definition of Dumpsite
1. Noun. A dump for garbage, usually a dump that is actively in use; or the location of such a dump ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dumpsite
1. a place for dumping rubbish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumpsite
Literary usage of Dumpsite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Superfund Strategy edited by Chris Elfring, Irene S. Gordon (2003)
""Environmental Defense Fund, dumpsite Cleanups: A Citizen.s Guide to the Superfund
... Hereafter referred to as dumpsite Cleanups. THE SUPERFUND PROGRAM IN ..."
2. Montreal by Ulysses Travel Guides Staff (2004)
"... the hub of all CESM activities. lt is hoped that this former dumpsite will
eventually become one of the most beautiful parks on the island. ..."
3. Cleaning Up the Superfund Program: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by David M. McIntosh (1999)
"They often insist that a dumpsite in an industrial park be cleaned up so that a
hypothetical hiker could come there and eat the dirt when all you really ..."
4. The World Economy and the Environment: A New Relationship (1994)
"The Basel Convention's conclusion was expedited by the discovery that hazardous
waste and incinerator ash were being exported to a dumpsite in Nigeria. ..."
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