English > dumpsite: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A piece of land where waste materials are dumped. |
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| Synonyms | dump, garbage dump, trash dump, rubbish dump, wasteyard, waste-yard |
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| Narrower | eitchen midden, midden, kitchen midden | (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement |
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| garbage heap, junk heap, rubbish heap, scrapheap, trash heap, junk pile, trash pile, refuse heap | An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter |
| toxic waste dump, toxic waste site, toxic dumpsite | A location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) |
| Broader | site, land site | The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located) |
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| Spanish | basural, basurero, escombrera, tiradero, vertedero, wasteyard |
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| Catalan | abocador, wasteyard |
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