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Definition of Landfill
1. Noun. A low area that has been filled in.
Definition of Landfill
1. Verb. To dispose of garbage by burying it at a '''landfill''' site. ¹
2. Noun. A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth. ¹
3. Noun. The material so disposed of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Landfill
1. to build up an area by burying refuse [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Landfill
Literary usage of Landfill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Projected Costs of Generating Electricity: 2005 Update by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, International Energy Agency (2005)
"Table 6.3 - Overnight construction costs of waste incineration and landfill gas
plants The specific construction costs of the two municipal waste ..."
2. The City: Urban Communities and Their Problems by Alan S. Berger (1978)
"Sanitary landfill A slightly more expensive disposal method is sanitary landfill
... Where land is available, sanitary landfill is effective and economical. ..."
3. Cleaning Up the Superfund Program: Hearing Before the Committee on edited by David M. McIntosh (1999)
"Under the landfill Cleanup Act, me MPCA is authorized to take ... For a landfill
to enter the program, the owners, operators and other responsible persons ..."