rubbish dump
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈrʌbɪʃ dʌmp/
- UK
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vertedero
- Called "Ruptures: A Many-Sided Story," it features appalling but beautifully filmed scenes of desperate poverty; we see men and women sifting through rubbish dumps for redeemable refuse.
The Temple Mount was a rubbish dump of old parts of buildings and so on.
- The Temple Mount was a rubbish dump of old parts of buildings and so on.
- Just that and the abusive use of people, thereby putting them on a trajectory to the rubbish dump.
Examples
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"This might have been Dhomhnall Chaim's rubbish dump," he says to Macaulay.
Academic text (2006) -
The films which Winterbottom has made in the developing world recognize with humanity the casualties of globalization, from Maria alone in the desert at the end of Code 46 to the man foraging through Karachi's rubbish dump in A Mighty Heart.
Academic text (2009) -
Over the past century, we have made it into a rubbish dump.
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Shall I throw it on the rubbish dump?
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It's the corporation rubbish dump where I work.
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The Temple Mount was a rubbish dump of old parts of buildings and so on.
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Maybe you could run to the papers again, maybe you could raise enough to pay the fines, but the Mayor will find a way to get you out -- if he has to have his rowdies plant a dead body in your yard, he will get you out -- and your children will be right back in the rubbish dump.
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Sometimes, fragments of soft tissues are found disposed of in the open, in ditches, or rubbish dumps, and this material is brought to a forensic pathologist for examination.
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Archaeologists find deposits of discarded materials—scrap stone, flints, and potsherds—in the rubbish dumps of the Neolithic.
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The city plans to close the old rubbish dump and open a new facility that meets environmental standards.
Synonyms
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1.1
A place where people leave large amounts of rubbish
54
3.5
A place where old cars and metal are kept to sell for parts or recycling
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
4
5.1
A place where people leave dangerous chemicals, often illegally
3
2.4
A pile of garbage and old things people throw away
3
4.5
A piece of land where people throw away trash without control
3
4.2
A messy pile of old broken things people throw away
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2.7
A messy heap of old things that people throw away
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
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2.3
A large pile of things that people have thrown away
1
2.7
A pile of waste and old things
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5.4
A pile of old broken metal and other things kept to be thrown away
1
4.0
A place where trash is buried and covered with earth to reduce smell and pollution
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 place where people dump poisonous waste, often illegally or unsafely
How Big
- Specialized
2
4.4
- Specialized
1
3.5
- UK
1
2.0
- UK
1
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a place where waste is collected' is directly and compositionally derived from 'rubbish' (waste) + 'dump' (a place where material is dumped). This simple noun+noun compound follows common English and cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Rubbish dump comes from the simple image of people who dump their rubbish in one place, making a big open pile or hole. So, rubbish dump means 'a place where waste materials are left'.