ORPHAN SITE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("orphan site" is a kind of...):

Superfund site; toxic site; toxic waste area (a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up)

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