cesspit of trash
- noun
- Informal
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vertedero
- The alley behind the restaurant became a cesspit of trash after weeks of neglect.
Examples
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After the festival, the park turned into a cesspit of trash.
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They cleared out the garage, which had turned into a cesspit of trash over the years.
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Critics called the neglected playground a cesspit of trash unfit for children.
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The alley behind the restaurant was a cesspit of trash.
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Critics called the neglected playground a cesspit of trash unfit for children.
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The alley behind the restaurant became a cesspit of trash after weeks of neglect.
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They cleared out the garage, which had turned into a cesspit of trash over the years.
Synonyms
214
1.1
A place where people leave large amounts of rubbish
51
7.9
A very dirty, unpleasant, and dangerous place
33
7.7
An underground pit or tank that holds sewage and dirty water from a house
9
1.0
A place where people take and leave large amounts of waste
7
4.0
A place where people throw away unwanted things, often illegally
5
8.8
A very bad situation that makes you feel unhappy
3
4.5
A piece of land where people throw away trash without control
3
2.4
A pile of garbage and old things people throw away
3
4.2
A messy pile of old broken things people throw away
2
2.7
A messy heap of old things that people throw away
2
8.6
A covered tank under the ground that holds dirty water and waste from toilets
1
1.3
A heap of thrown away things like paper and bottles
1
2.1
A place where people put waste to be taken away
1
2.3
A large pile of things that people have thrown away
1
5.4
A pile of old broken metal and other things kept to be thrown away
1
2.7
A pile of waste and old things
1
2.0
A large open area where people leave trash
1
9.9
A very dirty, messy pile of trash and broken things
A piece of land where people dump waste from homes and factories
An area of land where people put rubbish
A pile of rubbish left outside in one place
A pile of dust and old rubbish thrown away
Something in very bad condition and nearly falling apart
A very unpleasant and unsafe place with crime and poor services
A small dirty house or room where poor people live
A very messy place like a room full of toys
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and literally composed from 'cesspit' (a pit for sewage) and 'trash' (rubbish), so a learner who knows these words can infer it denotes a very dirty or rubbish-filled place. The prepositional linking 'of' is a standard compositional pattern cross-linguistically, making the overall sense predictable.
Etymology
Cesspit of trash comes from the image of a deep pit called a cesspit that is filled with rotten trash and bad smells, a place nobody wants to go. So, calling somewhere a cesspit of trash means it is 'extremely dirty' or 'full of waste'.