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    TOXIC WASTE AREA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned upplay

    Synonyms:

    Superfund site; toxic site; toxic waste area

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("toxic waste area" 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 "toxic waste area"):

    orphan site (a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup)

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