megadump

English

Etymology

mega- +‎ dump

Noun

megadump (plural megadumps)

  1. A very large dump, or site for discarding waste.
    • 2000, Ari Elon, Naomi M. Hyman, Arthur Waskow, Trees, Earth, and Torah, page 414:
      Standing on top of Trash Mountain (our local megadump) and affirming the Messianic promise of the kingdom of heaven, we cannot help but take responsibility for recycling and reducing consumption.
    • 2007, Jeff Goodell, Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future, page 36:
      Down in McDowell County, nothing symbolized the region's tragic fall like a plan hatched in the early 1990s and recently revived to build a 50,000-ton-per-month megadump for garbage in the old coalfields.
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