dumping ground in English
By 1914 Wiltshire's canals had dried up and for many years they became dumping grounds for rubbish as the war pushed any development plans into the background.
Use "dumping ground" in a sentence
1. Eastern Europe is rapidly becoming a dumping-ground for radioactive residues.
2. 20 Eastern Europe is rapidly becoming a dumping-ground for radioactive residues.
3. The prison has been the dumping ground for difficult prisoners for years.
4. Most people do not want this country to become a dumping ground for toxic waste.
5. The city's canals are used as a dumping ground for a range of toxic pollutants.
6. 30 The city's canals are used as a dumping ground for a range of toxic pollutants.
7. But the woods were saved, thanks to the difficulties of farming on land that is a dumping ground of glacial fill.
8. New York's dumping ground halfway between West Egg and the city where the burnt-out coal that powered the booming golden city was discarded by men who moved dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.