Dump and Rubbish

Dump

Dump noun - A place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped.

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Rubbish and dump are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rubbish" instead a noun "Dump".

Nearby Words: dumps, dumpy, dumping, dumped, dumper

Rubbish noun - Discarded or useless material.

Usage example: it's illegal to throw rubbish out of your car on the highway

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Dump and rubbish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dump" instead a noun "Rubbish".

Nearby Words: rubbishy, rubble, rubbishing, rubbished

Konami would later dump Betson and announced another redesign to be less rubbish and more similar to the Japanese cabinets, but the damage was already done.

Source: Franchise Killer / Video Games
Monty Python's Flying Circus has a hilarious example in "Le Fromage Grand", which, underneath its rubbish-dump setting and random selections of violent Stock Footage, contains a profoundly tragic narrative about a man, a woman, and a lettuce.

Source: Le Film Artistique
Landfill Beyond the Stars: The planet of the Rubbish Heaps where construction companies dump the ruins they've illegally dug up in Endless Odyssey.

Source: Anime / Captain Harlock

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