toxic waste area
- noun
- /ˈtɒksɪk weɪst ˈɛəriə/
- Specialized
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área de desechos tóxicos
- Living near a toxic waste area can pose serious health risks to the community.
Examples
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The government is planning to clean up the toxic waste area near the river.
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The city declared the site a toxic waste area.
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After years of neglect, the toxic waste area was finally listed for environmental remediation.
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Many toxic waste areas are found near industrial zones.
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The government is planning to clean up the toxic waste area near the river.
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Living near a toxic waste area can pose serious health risks to the community.
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Many toxic waste areas are found near industrial zones.
Synonyms
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5.1
A place where people leave dangerous chemicals, often illegally
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8.1
A place in the United States where people dumped dangerous waste and the government must clean it up
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A place where dangerous chemical waste is stored or dumped
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A place where people dumped dangerous chemicals that need cleaning
A place where people dump poisonous waste, often illegally or unsafely
A place polluted by toxic waste with no person or company responsible for cleaning it
Antonyms
How Polluted
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'toxic' (poisonous), 'waste' (discarded material) and 'area' (region) — i.e., a region containing poisonous/discarded materials. This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase following common modifier+noun patterns found in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Toxic waste area comes from the image of a site where barrels of toxic waste were dumped, fenced off, and marked with warning signs because the ground is dangerous. So, when people say toxic waste area, they mean 'a place where dangerous material was dumped and must be cleaned up'.