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Definition of Trash heap
1. Noun. An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter.
Generic synonyms: Dump, Dumpsite, Garbage Dump, Rubbish Dump, Trash Dump, Waste-yard, Wasteyard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trash Heap
Literary usage of Trash heap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Final Justice: Police and Death Squad Homicides of Adolescents in Brazil by Ben Penglase (1994)
"When they got there they threw him into a trash heap and placed garbage on top
of him. Edson thought that they did this so that the dump's bulldozer would ..."
2. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1911)
"... on the side next the railroad, 20 or 30 minutes after this engine passed, and
that a trash heap, about 15 feet from the track and north of the depot, ..."
3. Modern Elementary School Practice by George Earl Freeland (1919)
"No one can question the delight of a boy, who, after going to the bottom of a
trash heap, finds a strange new tag. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"Mr. Lesley described a kitchen-trash heap at Saltzburg, Va. Nov. 5.—Dr.
Horn presented two papers for publication in the Proceedings, entitled, ..."
5. Police Brutality in Urban Brazil by James Cavallaro (1997)
"... dead body to a trash heap. Some time later, a different group of police found
Calixto, still alive, and took him to the hospital. On December 30, 1991, ..."
6. The Bookman (1906)
"Many a plot of real originality goes to waste in the trash-heap of our dime-
novel literature ; while many a masterpiece, from Shakespeare downward, ..."
7. Adventure Guide to St. Martin & St. Barts by Lynne M. Sullivan (2003)
"An athletic stadium now sits on ground that was once a trash heap. A revitalized
seafront area occupies a former dumping ground for old cars and appliances. ..."
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