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basurero — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dump noun A site where waste or garbage is disposed of.
  • junkyard noun A place, usually outdoors, where old and discarded items — especially cars and scrap metal — are dumped or sold for parts.
  • landfill noun A site where waste is buried in the ground under layers of soil.

Senses

basurero is used for these senses in English:

  • dump A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
  • garbage can (North America) A receptacle, usually roughly cylindrical and wider at the top than at the bottom, which serves as a place to discard waste materials.
  • garbage collector (US, Canada) A worker who removes refuse.
  • junkyard A place where rubbish is discarded.
  • landfill (countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.

dump — full definition

  1. noun A site where waste or garbage is disposed of.
  2. noun (informal) An unpleasant, dirty, or run-down place.
  3. verb To get rid of or discard something, often carelessly.
  4. verb (informal) To end a romantic relationship with someone.
  5. verb (computing) To output or copy the full contents of memory, data, or a file, often for debugging.

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