Library / English Dictionary |
TOXIC WASTE AREA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up
Synonyms:
Superfund site; toxic site; toxic waste area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("toxic waste area" 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 "toxic waste area"):
orphan site (a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup)