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    RUBBISH DUMP

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A piece of land where waste materials are dumpedplay

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    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))

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