landfill

noun

land·​fill ˈlan(d)-ˌfil 

1

: an area built up by landfill

2

: a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying land

called also sanitary landfill

landfill transitive verb

Synonyms

• dump
• sanitary landfill
• tip [chiefly British]

Examples of landfill in a Sentence

using landfill to dispose of trash

Part of the city was built on landfill.

Recent Examples on the Web

Plastic jugs are often not recycled & end up in landfills. —Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025

Disheartened and frustrated, Howells rushed to the landfill—roughly the size of a football field—only to realize that recovering his hardware crypto wallet was nearly impossible. —Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Feb. 2025

Hazardous waste may sometimes travel hundreds of miles to be taken to a large Class 1 Subtitle D landfill. —Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025

Without this initiative, these materials would likely have been discarded in landfills, incinerated or contributed to ocean pollution. —Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing landfill

• sanitary landfill

Kids Definition

landfill

noun

land·​fill -ˌfil 

1

: a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth

2

: an area built up by landfill