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Tile is going to the landfill by the metric ton. All we have to do it gather it up, glue it down to the floor and grout it. Then you have a tile floor, and not just any tile floor: it's a mosaic of your own choosing.
Dan Phillips

Meaning of "landfill" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LANDFILL

landfill  [ˈlændˌfɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LANDFILL

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Landfill is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LANDFILL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

landfill

Landfill

A landfill site is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment. Historically, landfills have been the most common method of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the world. Some landfills are also used for waste management purposes, such as the temporary storage, consolidation and transfer, or processing of waste material. A landfill also may refer to ground that has been filled in with rocks instead of waste materials, so that it can be used for a specific purpose, such as for building houses. Unless they are stabilized, these areas may experience severe shaking or liquefaction of the ground during a large earthquake.

Definition of landfill in the English dictionary

The definition of landfill in the dictionary is disposal of waste material by burying it under layers of earth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LANDFILL


acidophil
ˈæsɪdəʊˌfɪl
anglophil
ˈæŋɡləʊˌfɪl
audiophil
ˈɔːdɪəʊˌfɪl
backfill
ˈbækˌfɪl
cataphyll
ˈkætəˌfɪl
eosinophil
ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfɪl
fiberfill
ˈfaɪbəˌfɪl
fibrefill
ˈfaɪbəˌfɪl
Germanophil
dʒɜːˈmænəˌfɪl
heterophil
ˈhetərəˌfɪl
hypsophyll
ˈhɪpsəʊˌfɪl
mesophyll
ˈmɛsəʊˌfɪl
multifil
ˈmʌltɪˌfɪl
neutrophil
ˈnjuːtrəˌfɪl
oxyphil
ˈɒksɪˌfɪl
photophil
ˈfəʊtəʊˌfɪl
rheophil
ˈriːəˌfɪl
Russophil
ˈrʌsəʊˌfɪl
sclerophyll
ˈsklɛrəʊˌfɪl
thermophil
ˈθɜːməʊˌfɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LANDFILL

lande
landed
landed gentry
landed immigrant
landed price
lander
Landes
Landeshauptmann
landfall
landfill site
landform
landgrab
landgravate
landgrave
landgraviate
landgravine
landing
landing beacon
landing beam
landing card

WORDS THAT END LIKE LANDFILL

back and fill
bill
fill
grill
half-fill
hill
ill
indie landfill
infill
kill
mill
one´s fill
overfill
overfulfill
refill
run of the mill
skill
still
till
upfill

Synonyms and antonyms of landfill in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «landfill» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LANDFILL

Find out the translation of landfill to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of landfill from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «landfill» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

垃圾填埋法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

entierro de residuos
570 millions of speakers

English

landfill
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गडढे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المكب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свалка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aterro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ল্যান্ডফিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

enfouissement des déchets
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tapak pelupusan sampah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mülldeponie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ゴミ埋め立て
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쓰레기 매립
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Landfill
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bãi rác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உரக் குழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लँडफिल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

depolama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

interramento di rifiuti urbani
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

składowisko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звалище
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

depozit de deșeuri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υγειονομικής ταφής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stortingsterrein
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

deponi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

deponi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of landfill

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LANDFILL»

The term «landfill» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.178 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LANDFILL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «landfill» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «landfill» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about landfill

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10 QUOTES WITH «LANDFILL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word landfill.
1
Janine Benyus
Glue actually contaminates recyclables. We throw things in a landfill just because they're glued together.
2
James Blake
It really surprises me that people in this day and age still write such busy music and fill up every space with layer upon layer of sound... it's like musical landfill.
3
Vik Muniz
Gramacho is the last landfill that allows people in. Brazil is the leading nation in recycling due to its poverty. There are people there surviving from what they find in the garbage.
4
Dan Phillips
Tile is going to the landfill by the metric ton. All we have to do it gather it up, glue it down to the floor and grout it. Then you have a tile floor, and not just any tile floor: it's a mosaic of your own choosing.
5
Dan Phillips
I had always suspected that one could build an entire house from what went into the landfill, and, sure enough, it's true.
6
Ed Rendell
I think if we're going to have to landfill trash, and I think we basically have to, we might as well get the upside for it and dedicate that upside to improving the environment in so many different ways.
7
Ed Rendell
And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over.
8
Ed Rendell
I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don't permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we don't exacerbate the problem.
9
Tristram Stuart
In Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, the government in a matter of years has put a lot of energy behind recycling food waste as livestock feed. It's environmentally friendly, it provides cheap livestock feed for the farmers in those parts of the world, and it avoids sending the food waste to landfill.
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Tristram Stuart
Food redistribution is one of the best win-win solutions for food waste avoidance. Food companies can often save money by donating food rather than paying the £80 or so per tonne in landfill tax and disposal costs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LANDFILL»

Discover the use of landfill in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to landfill and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Landfill Bioreactor Design & Operation
For anyone looking for an alternative to large, wasteful landfill sites, this book provides a practical alternative to the problem.
Debra R. Reinhart, Timothy G. Townsend, 1997
2
Sanitary Landfill Leachate: Generation, Control and Treatment
This book contains a literature review of various methodologies that have been developed for prediction, generation, characterization, containment, control, and treatment of leachate from sanitary landfills.
Syed R. Qasim, Walter Chiang, 1994
3
Landfill Meditation: Crossblood Stories
Fourteen stories by the man N. Scott Momaday has called “the supreme ironist among American Indian writers of the twentieth century.”
Gerald Vizenor, 1991
4
Landfill waste pollution and control
This text addresses a worldwide problem of pollution hazards, with an understanding of scientific and technical control of the landfill method of waste disposal.
Kenneth Westlake, 1995
5
Design of Landfills and Integrated Solid Waste Management
Topics covered in this Third Edition include: The role of geotechnical engineering in a variety of environmental issues Planning, marketing, and quality con trol for reuse and recycling facilities Health, safety, and economic issues related ...
Amalendu Bagchi, 2004
6
Microbiology of Landfill Sites
This book was originally published in 1990 and was the first text to consider the definitive fundamental science of landfill biotechnology.
Eric Senior, 1995
7
Landfill Research Focus
Unless they are stabilised, these areas may experience severe shaking or liquefaction of the ground in a large earthquake. This book presents new research in a field which is demanding and beginning to receive society's attention.
Ernest C. Lehmann, 2007
8
From Landfill Gas to Energy: Technologies and Challenges
Intended as an overview text for advanced students and researchers in the relevant engineering and technology fields (Environmental, Civil, Geotechnical, Chemical, Mechanical and Electrical), this book will also be particularly helpful to ...
Vasudevan Rajaram, Faisal Zia Siddiqui, Mohd Emran Khan, 2011
9
Landfill Research Trends
This book presents research studies on landfills which are sites for the disposal of waste materials by burial.
Albert A. Velinni, 2007
10
Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Landfill Leachates
Specific issues addressed in the text include: leachate characteristics, and the potential for treatability by constructed wetlands wetland treatment, processes and transformation use of constructed wetlands in cold climatic conditions ...
George Mulamoottil, Edward A. McBean, Frank Rovers, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LANDFILL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term landfill is used in the context of the following news items.
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'At the moment it's all going to landfill' - new push to recycle plastic …
'At the moment it's all going to landfill' - new push to recycle plastic bags. 10 minutes ago. share. Breakfast. Source: 'At the moment its all going to landfill' - new ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
2
County, Ellery Disagree On Landfill - Jamestown | Post-Journal
ELLERY - Expanding the Chautauqua County Landfill in the town of Ellery is putting county and town officials on opposite sides. Following a ... «Jamestown Post Journal, Jul 15»
3
Waste Management's Free Landfill Day for Simi Valley Residents …
The Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center is located at 2801 Madera Road in Simi Valley. If you have any additional questions, please call ... «Ventura County Star, Jul 15»
4
Waste disposal rising at Deschutes County landfill; Increase in …
The tonnage of solid waste being disposed of at the Knott Landfill is increasing and likely correlates with the ramped-up construction and ... «Bend Bulletin, Jul 15»
5
Amchit municipality blocks access to local landfill | News , Lebanon …
Amchit municipal police closed Saturday the road leading to Hbaline landfill to block way on trash trucks to use it as an alternative to the ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
6
Lawsuit: EPA ignored civil rights complaints at Tallassee landfill
Ten years after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed to investigate a civil rights complaint surrounding the permitting of a landfill in ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
7
Offsetting Local: Inside A Landfill Gas Project
Under the Hilltop Sand and Gravel landfill in Alexandria, Virginia, methane is stirring. But rather than leaking into the atmosphere, this gas is ... «Ecosystem Marketplace, Jul 15»
8
Landfill safe for water – SITA
ADDITIONAL testing for a proposed landfill dump at Alluwuna Farm has shown there would be no threat to drinking water supplies, according ... «Community Newspaper Group, Jul 15»
9
Man Facing Animal Cruelty Charges After Goat Found in Landfill
On or about July 12, 2015 the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office responded to the convenience site located at the Cherokee County Landfill to ... «WLOS, Jul 15»
10
DEQ files lawsuit over tires at landfill
The violations filed against the parish relate to the use of tires to build a shooting range for the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office at the landfill. «Hammond Daily Star online, Jul 15»

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