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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

landfill

What do you call an area of an ocean while has been filled with earth for land expansion? landfill?

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No. landfill suggests a place where rubbish is buried. You mean 'reclaimed land' (google land reclamation)

— Nona the brit

  • No.
  • landfill suggests a place where rubbish is buried.
  • You mean 'reclaimed land' (google land reclamation)
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No. landfill suggests a place where rubbish is buried.

You mean 'reclaimed land' (google land reclamation)
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Hi,

There's also "polder", which is not an English word (it comes from Dutch) but is quite common in academic texts ... probably because a lot of land was reclaimed in the Netherlands.

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