garbage patch
garbage patch noun: a piece of land used for dumping rubbish.
Noun
garbage patch (plural garbage patches)
- A piece of land used for dumping rubbish.
- A gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by humans.
- A reconnaissance flight taken in a modified C-130 Hercules aircraft found a vast clump of mainly plastic waste at the northern edge of what is known as the “great Pacific garbage patch”, located between Hawaii and California.2016 October 4, Oliver Milman, “‘Great Pacific garbage patch’ far bigger than imagined, aerial survey shows”, in The Guardian
garbage patch meaning in Tamil
garbage patch in Tamil
- கடலோரக்குப்பைக் கூளம்
Forms of garbage patch
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Words formed from garbage patch
Questions about garbage patch
- What does garbage patch mean?
- Garbage patch means a piece of land used for dumping rubbish.
- What is garbage patch in Tamil?
- Garbage patch in Tamil is கடலோரக்குப்பைக் கூளம். See Garbage patch meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is garbage patch?
- Garbage patch is a noun.
- What is the plural of garbage patch?
- The plural of garbage patch is garbage patches.
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