RUBBISH DUMP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does rubbish dump mean? 

• RUBBISH DUMP (noun)
  The noun RUBBISH DUMP has 1 sense:

1. a piece of land where waste materials are dumped

  Familiarity information: RUBBISH DUMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUBBISH DUMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of land where waste materials are dumped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

dump; dumpsite; garbage dump; rubbish dump; trash dump; waste-yard; wasteyard

Hypernyms ("rubbish dump" 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 "rubbish 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))