transfer station

noun

Definition of transfer stationnext
as in kitchen midden

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Recent Examples of transfer station This transfer station caught fire a few years ago, smoldering for nearly two weeks and releasing toxic fumes into the air. — Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 27 May 2026 Finance officials say the changes will help address neglect at the solid waste department's facilities, like transfer stations and neighborhood drop-off sites. — Abby Church, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026 Cobb County officials are working to learn more about a waste transfer station being built near their homes. — Emily McLeod, CBS News, 4 May 2026 Platforms at a train transfer station became jammed with passengers unable to get space on trains. — Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for transfer station
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfer station
  1. sanitary landfill
  2. junkyard
  3. dustbin
  4. landfill
  5. midden
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  • The law banned putting yard waste — roughly one-fifth of municipal wastes — in sanitary landfills in 1990 and obliged local governments to recycle.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Fiji has more than 330 islands, one sanitary landfill, and two municipal dumps.
    — By Aryn Baker/Lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Definition of sanitary landfill
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  • The playground, called The Yard, resembles a junkyard where kids are given free rein to saw plywood by hand, romp in mud pits, and nail together structures to climb and jump from.
    — Marina Lopes, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The following day, detectives obtained a search warrant for Metayer’s phone records, which placed him at U Pull It Davie, a self-service junkyard the day after the crash.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of junkyard
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  • Its Omnicyclone station uses bagless cyclonic separation to empty the vacuum's dustbin directly into a washable container, eliminating the need for recurring dustbag purchases.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
  • While Betamax was considered the superior technology, it’s been relegated to the dustbin of history.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Definition of dustbin
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  • The worst flooding across the Bay will be in areas of former marsh that are now on landfill.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Sponsored by the city’s Natural Resources Committee and the Geneva Park District, the event aims to reduce the number of pumpkins that end up in landfills, according to the release.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of landfill
Noun
  • The Granada cemetery and midden, a discard mound, extended to some 25 acres originally.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • But this is the first time archaeologists have actually unearthed a midden with evidence that people added to it regularly for so many generations.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
Definition of midden

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