(dump rubbish)
1rubbish heap — noun an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter • Syn: ↑garbage heap, ↑junk heap, ↑scrapheap, ↑trash heap, ↑junk pile, ↑trash pile, ↑refuse heap • Hypernyms …
2dump — v 1. drop, fling down, let fall, deposit; throw away, dispose, discharge, cast off. 2. empty out, pour out, unload, rid, unburden, disburden, Naut. break bulk. 3. fire, dismiss, expel, oust, Inf. give [s.o.] his walking papers; All Sl. sack, can …
3dump — dump1 [dump] vt. [ME dompen, to plunge, throw down; prob. < ON base akin to Dan dumpe, Swed dompa: for IE base see DEEP] 1. to throw down or out roughly; empty out or unload as in a heap or mass 2. a) to throw away (garbage, rubbish, etc.),… …
4dump — ► NOUN 1) a site for depositing rubbish or waste. 2) a heap of rubbish left at a dump. 3) informal an unpleasant or dreary place. 4) Military a temporary store of weaponry or provisions. 5) Computing an act of dumping stored data. ► VERB 1) …
5dump|age — «DUHM pihj», noun. 1. the act of dumping. 2. a pile of dumped refuse or rubbish. 3. the privilege of dumping rubbish in a certain place. 4. the fee paid for this privilege …
6dump — [n1] junkyard ash heap*, cesspool, depot, dumping ground, garbage lot, junk pile*, magazine, refuse heap, rubbish pile, swamp; concepts 438,449,680 dump [n2] slummy establishment hole, hovel, joint*, mess*, pigpen*, pigsty*, shack, shanty, slum,… …
7rubbish — noun ⇨ See also ↑garbage, ↑trash 1 (esp. BrE) waste material ADJECTIVE ▪ domestic, household ▪ garden … OF RUBBISH ▪ bag …
8dump — dump1 [dʌmp] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put something somewhere)¦ 2¦(get rid of something)¦ 3¦(end relationship)¦ 4¦(sell goods)¦ 5¦(copy information)¦ Phrasal verbs dump on somebody ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Dutch dompen to …
9dump — [[t]dʌ̱mp[/t]] ♦♦♦ dumps, dumping, dumped 1) VERB If you dump something somewhere, you put it or unload it there quickly and carelessly. [INFORMAL] [V n prep/adv] We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried towards the market... [V n …
10dump — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ garbage (esp. AmE), refuse, rubbish (BrE), trash (AmE), waste ▪ the cleaning up of a toxic waste dump ▪ nuclear …
