Meaning of garbage patch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A piece of land used for dumping rubbish.
   Australia, Canada, US
2. A gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by humans.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level