Definition of "dumps" []

• A gloomy, melancholy state of mind; depression. Often used with the: felt down in the dumps. (noun-plural)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "These figures become even more significant when it is realised that these dumps have surprisingly low recovery rates because the microbiological component of sulphide leaching was not realised at the time of the dumps’ construction."
• "Blog posts are often like that too, brain dumps full of chattiness without really going anywhere ..."
• "And P.S., another way to save your bananas from the dumps is to freeze them."