TOXIC WASTE AREA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up

Synonyms:

Superfund site; toxic site; toxic waste area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("toxic waste area" is a kind of...):

land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "toxic waste area"):

orphan site (a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup)