Meanings
present singular third person landfills · participle present landfilling · participle past landfilled · past landfilled
plural landfills
- countableA site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.
A heart that's full up like a landfill / A job that slowly kills you
1997, “No Surprises”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead1 more example
A staff uniform recycling scheme at Govia Thameslink Railway has prevented the emission of 2,400kg of greenhouse gases. Some 620 sackloads of GTR clothing has been recycled in the past year through an advanced process called material reclamation - giving textiles a second chance instead of going to landfill.
2025 February 19, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 71 - uncountableSuch material that is disposed.
If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.
2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Arabic مَرْدَم
- مَرْدَم (mardam)site at which refuse is buried
Basque zabortegi
- zabortegisite at which refuse is buried
Catalan abocador
- abocadorsite at which refuse is buried
Chinese Cantonese 堆填區 /堆填区, 垃圾堆填區 /垃圾堆填区
- 堆填區 /堆填区 (deoi¹ tin⁴ keoi¹)site at which refuse is buried
- 垃圾堆填區 /垃圾堆填区 (laap⁶ saap³ deoi¹ tin⁴ keoi¹)site at which refuse is buried
Chinese Mandarin 填埋, 填埋地
- 填埋 (tiánmái)to dispose of waste
- 填埋地 (tiánmáidì)site at which refuse is buried
- 垃圾場 /垃圾场 (lājīchǎng)site at which refuse is buried
- 填埋的垃圾 (tiánmái de lājī)material so disposed of
Czech skládka, skládka
- skládkato dispose of waste
- skládkasite at which refuse is buried
- odpadmaterial so disposed of
Finnish viedä kaatopaikalle, loppusijoittaa kaatopaikalle
- viedä kaatopaikalleto dispose of waste
- loppusijoittaa kaatopaikalleto dispose of waste
- kaatopaikkasite at which refuse is buried
- kaatopaikkajätematerial so disposed of
French décharge, dépotoir
- déchargesite at which refuse is buried
- dépotoirsite at which refuse is buried
- détritusmaterial so disposed of
- déchetmaterial so disposed of
German deponieren, ablagern
- deponierento dispose of waste
- ablagernto dispose of waste
- Deponiesite at which refuse is buried
- Mülldeponiesite at which refuse is buried
- Müllhaldesite at which refuse is buried
- Müllabladeplatzsite at which refuse is buried
- Müllmaterial so disposed of
Greek χωματερή
- χωματερή (chomaterí)site at which refuse is buried
Hungarian szeméttelep
- szeméttelepsite at which refuse is buried
Indonesian tempat pembuangan akhir, TPA
- tempat pembuangan akhirsite at which refuse is buried
- TPAsite at which refuse is buried
- tempat pembuangan sampahsite at which refuse is buried
Irish láithreán líonadh talún, líonadh talún
- láithreán líonadh talúnsite at which refuse is buried
- líonadh talúnmaterial so disposed of
Italian scaricare, sversare
- scaricareto dispose of waste
- sversareto dispose of waste
- discaricasite at which refuse is buried
Malay tapak pelupusan sampah
- tapak pelupusan sampahsite at which refuse is buried
Māori ruapara
- ruaparasite at which refuse is buried
Norwegian Bokmål fyllplass
- fyllplasssite at which refuse is buried
Polish składować, wysypisko
- składowaćto dispose of waste
- wysypiskosite at which refuse is buried
- składowiskosite at which refuse is buried
- odpadymaterial so disposed of
Portuguese aterrar, lixão
- aterrarto dispose of waste
- lixãosite at which refuse is buried
- aterro sanitáriosite at which refuse is buried
Russian сва́лка f мусора, полиго́н m для захоронения n отходов
- сва́лка f мусора (sválka)site at which refuse is buried
- полиго́н m для захоронения n отходов (zaxoronenija)site at which refuse is buried
Slovak skládkovať, skládka odpadu
- skládkovaťto dispose of waste
- skládka odpadusite at which refuse is buried
Spanish depositar, enterrar
- depositarto dispose of waste
- enterrarto dispose of waste
- vertederosite at which refuse is buried
- tiraderosite at which refuse is buried
- relleno sanitariosite at which refuse is buried
- basuralsite at which refuse is buried
- basurerosite at which refuse is buried
- dompesite at which refuse is buried
Swedish soptipp
- soptippsite at which refuse is buried
Tagalog tambakan ng basura
- tambakan ng basurasite at which refuse is buried
Turkish çöplük
- çöplüksite at which refuse is buried
Ukrainian сміттєзвалище
- сміттєзвалище (smittjezvalyšče)site at which refuse is buried
Welsh claddu sbwriel, claddfa sbwriel
- claddu sbwrielto dispose of waste
- claddfa sbwrielsite at which refuse is buried
Yiddish מיסטבאַרג
- מיסטבאַרג (mistbarg)site at which refuse is buried
Cite this entry
landfill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landfill
“landfill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landfill. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “landfill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landfill.
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