dump
A dump is a place where trash is stored in piles and often buried underground. If you have an old bike that can’t be repaired, you might take it to the dump.
Some towns have dumps where residents can freely dispose of garbage, while others require people to pay for the rubbish they bring. You can also call a dump a “landfill,” but dump makes sense — it comes from the verb dump, “to toss, drop, or throw away.” A figurative meaning of the word is to abruptly and unkindly break off a romantic relationship with someone: “It would be so mean to dump him on his birthday.”
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a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
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synonyms:
dumpsite, garbage dump, rubbish dump, trash dump, waste-yard, wasteyard-
types:
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eitchen midden, kitchen midden, midden
(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
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garbage heap, junk heap, junk pile, refuse heap, rubbish heap, scrapheap, trash heap, trash pile
an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
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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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eitchen midden, kitchen midden, midden
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a place where supplies can be stored
“an ammunition
dump”-
type of:
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depot, entrepot, storage, store, storehouse
a depository for goods
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depot, entrepot, storage, store, storehouse
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drop (stuff) in a heap or mass
“The truck
dumped the garbage in the street”-
type of:
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drop
let fall to the ground
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drop
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throw away as refuse
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sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
“The company
dumped him after many years of service”“She
dumped her boyfriend when she fell in love with a rich man”-
synonyms:
ditch-
type of:
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get rid of, remove
dispose of
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get rid of, remove
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sell at artificially low prices
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synonyms:
underprice-
type of:
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sell
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
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sell
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knock down with force
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synonyms:
coldcock, deck, floor, knock down-
type of:
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beat
hit repeatedly
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beat
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fall abruptly
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a coarse term for defecation
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(computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
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types:
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core dump
(computer science) dump of the contents of the chief registers in the CPU; usually used for debugging
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type of:
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copy, written matter
matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials
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core dump