rubbish dump

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Noun

rubbish dump - a piece of land where waste materials are dumped

dumpsite, garbage dump, trash dump, wasteyard, waste-yard, dump

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)

land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"

Translations

مَقْلَبُ النُّفَايَات

smetiště

affaldsdynge

kaatopaikka

smetlište

ごみ捨て場

쓰레기 수거장

soptipp

ที่ทิ้งขยะ

çöp döküm alanı

chỗ đổ rác

垃圾堆

rubbish dump

n → discarica (delle immondizie)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rubbish dump

→ مَقْلَبُ النُّفَايَات smetiště affaldsdynge Müllhalde χωματερή vertedero de basuras kaatopaikka dépotoir smetlište discarica ごみ捨て場 쓰레기 수거장 vuilstort søppelfylling śmietnisko depósito de lixo свалка soptipp ที่ทิ้งขยะ çöp döküm alanı chỗ đổ rác 垃圾堆

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

References in periodicals archive ?

The dumpsite is situated in Omafo and the site identified for the new rubbish dump is in the Engela suburb.

The Helao Nafidi Town Council plans to relocate the local dumpsite

Everest is now described as the world's highest rubbish dump. From fluorescent tents to human excrement, all kinds of stuff litters the well-trodden route to the 29,029 feet high summit.

POLLUTED EVEREST

You show all of the traits of the troglodytes that seem to be more prevalent and are turning this green and pleasant land into one great big rubbish dump. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your underwear.

Canal isn't a dump for your unwanted rubbish; Get in touch - tell us what you think Email: letters@birminghammail.co.uk Twitter: @birminghammail Facebook: facebook.com/birminghammail Post: Birmingham Mail, 60 Church Street, Birmingham B3 2DJ

The former Corrie actress, 28, sprang into action at her local rubbish dump in combat print joggers and leather jacket.

Michelle's bin there, done that

RUBBISH dump workers waded through mounds of garden waste in a recycling skip to find a wedding ring.

Staff retrieve wedding ring from rubbish

To keep Karranah beach clear of rubbish (and a lot of other areas too), why doesn't the government build a rubbish dump where people can take their rubbish, dump it in skips and the government can either recycle it or incinerate it?

A green idea

In Mariutia, an area named after a canal that used to irrigate the fields on both sides before Haram became a densely populated district, a huge rubbish dump, 100m wide and deep, defies all basic rules of hygiene and aesthetic values.

A new type of pyramid

The slum was built on a rubbish dump that was buried by a landslide.

RIO TOLL HITS 184

Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs will close Jeddah's Al- Nakheel rubbish dump and turn the area into an amusement park at a cost of SR 29.3 million.

Jeddah amusement park on dump site

Bruce said: ``The cemetery where many of the early victims were buried has never been found, or the rubbish dump on the remains of the fort examined.

Scots Indiana Jones on Darien Venture

Its sides have been lined with ashlar, but at least it is not the city's rubbish dump, filled with plastic, like so many other Yemeni urban wadis.