landfill
noun
land·fill
ˈlan(d)-ˌfil 
1
: an area built up by landfill
2
: a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying land
called also sanitary landfill
landfill
transitive verb
Examples of landfill in a Sentence
using landfill to dispose of trash
Part of the city was built on landfill.
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The Ethiopian-American investor and entrepreneur has built his career around challenging assumptions — whether by turning landfills into power plants or by turning scarcity into opportunity.
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Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Research is currently underway, for instance, to see if ash from incinerated landfill could be used, alongside soil and construction debris, instead.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
In Northwest Indiana, the Town of Pines — located just outside Michigan City and with about 700 residents — has been contaminated by coal ash from the nearby Yard 520 landfill, which held more than one million tons of coal ash from NIPSCO’s Michigan City Generating Station.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
With 90% from demolition and 10% from construction, these materials could be diverted from the landfill and sold.
—Linda Thompson Gonzalez, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2025
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Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
Research is currently underway, for instance, to see if ash from incinerated landfill could be used, alongside soil and construction debris, instead.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
In Northwest Indiana, the Town of Pines — located just outside Michigan City and with about 700 residents — has been contaminated by coal ash from the nearby Yard 520 landfill, which held more than one million tons of coal ash from NIPSCO’s Michigan City Generating Station.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
With 90% from demolition and 10% from construction, these materials could be diverted from the landfill and sold.
—Linda Thompson Gonzalez, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2025
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“Landfill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landfill. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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landfill
noun
land·fill
-ˌfil
1
: a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth
2
: an area built up by landfill
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