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landfill

From Wiktionary

Word parts

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land + fill

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Singular
landfill

Plural
landfills

A landfill site in Managua, Nicaragua.
  1. (countable) A landfill is a place where rubbish is buried.
  2. (uncountable) Landfill is the material that is disposed of.

Verb

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Plain form
landfill

Third-person singular
landfills

Past tense
landfilled

Past participle
landfilled

Present participle
landfilling

  1. (transitive) When rubbished is landfilled, it is disposed of by burying it at a landfill site.