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dump

 
 
/dʌmp/ noun [C] (also UK tip)

Definition

WASTE a place where people take things that they do not want: We took our old mattress to the dump.
UNTIDY PLACE informal a place that is dirty and untidy: His room is a dump.
(Definition of dump noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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