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burn pit
[ burn pit ]
noun
- an area used for the open-air burning of trash and/or brush:
The county banned residential burn pits years ago, but every so often it’s obvious that someone’s burning a pile of twigs and leaves.
- U.S. Military. an often expansive area, at or adjacent to a base of operations, used for the uncontrolled, open-air burning of military waste, including plastics, chemicals, rubber, paint, fuels, munitions, human and medical waste, metals, and electronics: generative of toxic smoke and fumes that have been associated with a number of short- and long-term ailments suffered by exposed military personnel and civilians.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of burn pit1
First recorded in 1975–80
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