landfill
noun
a low area of land that is built up from deposits of solid refuse in layers covered by soil.
landfills
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pluralof landfill.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Carbon Mapper doesn’t have similar numbers for landfills because methods to calculate the impacts of repairs are still being developed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Daimler Truck’s North America business has tested on-highway trucks for the U.S. market, while Caterpillar’s autonomous and remote-controlled bulldozers are already in use at some landfills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Those complications mean large quantities of PVC ultimately end up in landfills.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
Most of that gets shipped to landfills outside the city, costing taxpayers around $500 million every year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
She reminded him that parts of the city had been built on landfills containing arsenic, lead, mercury, barium, and other carcinogens.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
