Garbage Heap (Noun)
Meaning
An accumulation of refuse and discarded matter.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The city's lack of adequate waste management led to the growth of a massive garbage heap in the outskirts of town.
- Near the old factory stood a garbage heap that had been accumulating over the years with discarded machinery and factory waste.
- Environmental activists warned of the dangers posed by the garbage heap that had been polluting the nearby river.
- The park ranger struggled to keep the park clean despite the repeated emergence of a garbage heap near the public picnic area.
- In some developing countries, children often rummaged through garbage heaps to find scrap metal to sell and earn a living.