Antonyms for dump

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : duhmp

Phonetic Transcription : dʌmp

Definition of dump

Origin : early 14c., "throw down or fall with force," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. Danish dumpe, Norwegian dumpa "to fall suddenly"). The sense of "unload en masse" is first recorded in American English 1784. That of "discard, abandon" is from 1919. Related: Dumped; dumping. Dump truck is from 1930.

noun junkyard
noun slummy establishment
verb drop, throw away

Example sentences :

From the kitchen came the dump of an iron, and cheerful singing.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

And I said that it seemed an unhealthy thing to dump all our refuse so close to the city.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

For just before us under the dump was a cave with walls of papers and rags.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

I certainly didn't do it to help them dump germ-cultures on Weald!
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

He'd destroyed the lethal bacterial cultures they'd been ordered to dump on Weald.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

It will put you there in a dump, and you must embark before noon.
Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham

Dump the whole rotten mess into the fire, Jerry, and be done with it.
Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan

I would take a can and knife and go from dump to dump gathering the gold in these dumplings.
Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various

One may send much to a dump, but little ever seems to be got back.
Extract from : « The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 » by F.L. Morrison

You know Hugh would scold if he heard you were playing in the dump lot.
Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence

Synonyms for dump

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