To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc.
A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.
A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.
A pile of ore or rock.
(slang) discard;(slang) lose deliberately.
A pile of ore, coal, or waste at a mine.
A bad, hard-to-dispose-of patient sent by another doctor.
A land site where wastes are discarded in a disorderly or haphazard fashion without regard to protecting the environment. Uncontrolled dumping is an indiscriminate and illegal form of waste disposal. Problems associated with dumps include multiplication of disease-carrying organisms and pests, fires, air and water pollution, unsightliness, loss of habitat, and personal injury.
location where garbage is just dumped; not to be confused with a sanitary landfill where garbage is processed properly
An illegal and uncontrolled area where wastes have been placed on or in the ground. See Landfill.
an open unsanitary site for junk. These are now illegal in Wisconsin.
a place for throwing away waste material..... return
a place for throwing away things that are not wanted ..... return
A pile or heap of waste rocks, etc.
a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
throw away as refuse; "No dumping in these woods!"
drop in a heap or mass
a huge pile of printout full of numbers, hundreds of pages of nothing but numbers
an unpermitted solid waste disposal area at which solid wastes are disposed of in a manner that does not protect the environment, are susceptible to open burning and are exposed to the elements, vectors and scavengers
site where waste is disposed of in an unmanaged, uncovered area. Current landfill restrictions have made dumps illegal. See sanitary landfill.
A pile or heap of waste rock material or other non-ore refuse near a mine. (waste rock that has not been pulverized, washed or otherwise treated for the extraction of values)
A site with incomplete or no engineering or management controls that is used for the disposal of solid waste.
Disposing of trash on the surface of the ground without adequate safeguards for health, safety, and impact on the environment.
a land disposal site where there is little or no control over the disposal of wastes.
A local landfill that is not designed to prevent leaching and offers little ground water protection.
To unload; specifically, a load of coal or waste; the mechanism for unloading, e.g. a car dump (sometimes called tipple); or, the pile created by such unloading, e.g. a waste dump (also called heap, pile, tip, spoil pike, etc.). Return to TERMS MENU
To transfer all the data from one part of the system to another or to throw it away completely.
A site used to dispose of solid waste without environmental controls.
