DUMPING GROUND


Meaning of DUMPING GROUND in English

(~s)

If you say that a place is a ~ for something, usually something unwanted, you mean that people leave or send large quantities of that thing there.

Eastern Europe is rapidly becoming a dumping-ground for radioactive residues.

N-COUNT: usu N for n, supp N disapproval

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .