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DUMPSITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piece of land where waste materials are dumped
Synonyms:
dump; dumpsite; garbage dump; rubbish dump; trash dump; waste-yard; wasteyard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("dumpsite" is a kind of...):
land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dumpsite"):
eitchen midden; kitchen midden; midden ((archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement)
garbage heap; junk heap; junk pile; refuse heap; rubbish heap; scrapheap; trash heap; trash pile (an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter)
toxic dumpsite; toxic waste dump; toxic waste site (a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally))
