dump
noun [C] /dʌmp/Definition
C1 (UK also rubbish dump) a place where people are allowed to leave their rubbish: I need to clear out the shed and take everything I don't want to the dump.Rubbish and wasteEnvironmental issues C2 informal a very unpleasant and untidy place: His room is an absolute dump!Unpleasant placesPlaces and locations › a place where things of a particular type are stored, especially by an army: an ammunition/arms/weapons/food dumpKeeping and storing things
(Definition of dump noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appropriate verb (KEEP MONEY)
- aside adverb (TO ONE SIDE)
- bank noun (STORE)
- cling (on) to sth phrasal verb
- dump verb (GET RID OF)
- earmark verb
- enshrine verb
- husbandry noun (CAREFUL USE)
- lay sth in phrasal verb
- lodge verb (STORE)
- maintain verb (CONTINUE TO HAVE)
- pack sth away phrasal verb (TIDY)
- put sth away phrasal verb (STORE)
- repository noun
- stash verb
- stockpile noun
- stockpile verb
- storage noun
- store sth up phrasal verb
- trap verb
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