LANDFILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does landfill mean? 

• LANDFILL (noun)
  The noun LANDFILL has 1 sense:

1. a low area that has been filled in

  Familiarity information: LANDFILL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANDFILL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A low area that has been filled in

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("landfill" is a kind of...):

lowland (low level country)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "landfill"):

sanitary landfill (a low area where waste is buried between layers of earth)

 Context examples 

It is also found in tobacco smoke, car exhaust, and trash landfills.

(Acetone, NCI Dictionary)

As a result of the treatment of these waters, millions of tons of sewage sludge are generated, filling landfills and generating pollution, unpleasant odours, and public health risks.

(Scientists validate a new technology that transforms sewage sludge into fertilizer more efficiently, University of Granada)

Still, the amount of methane emitted from Amazon trees is just half that emitted by humans, according to the authors — whether in the form of emissions from landfills, the meat industry, or burning fossil fuels.

(Amazon trees are major source of methane emission, SciDev.Net)