dustheap

Definition of dustheapnext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dustheap
Noun
  • Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.
    By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
  • Other materials might need to be sent to a hazardous waste landfill that has double the plastic lining in place as a typical sanitary landfill in order to protect groundwater from anything that might otherwise leach into it.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • The car had been in France, spending an extended amount of time in a junkyard and on top of a mall.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Decades ago, rangers and local volunteers transformed this area—once a junkyard—into a healthy 70-acre marsh with beavers, otters, turtles, and numerous avian species.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Thankfully, city officials—prodded by tenants and small-business owners, clergy and homeowners, and, yes, some landlords—rejected advice to consign neighborhoods such as East Flatbush to history’s dustbin.
    Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The auto clean process includes cleaning not only the dustbin, but also the brush, tube, and the HEPA filter.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • If the state could copy the country’s schema, even a 10 percent diversion rate shortly after implementation could keep 118,000 tons of textiles out of landfills in a single year.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Giving a worn accessory new life brings a sense of satisfaction while keeping it out of the landfill.
    Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Moreover, at higher temperatures, pine cones stored in middens, which act as a refrigerator, tend to spoil faster.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Every man must take part in the work, and even the officers cover the middens and feed the sick.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Dustheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dustheap. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.

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