site
♦♦ site /s'aɪt/ (sites siting sited)
1 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A site is a piece of ground that is used for a particular purpose or where a particular thing happens.
He became a hod carrier on a building site.
...a bat sanctuary with special nesting sites...
2 [N-COUNT] usu the N of n
The site of an important event is the place where it happened.
Scientists have described the Aral sea as the site of the worst ecological disaster on earth...
3 [N-COUNT]
A site is a piece of ground where something such as a statue or building stands or used to stand.
...the site of Moses' tomb.
4 [N-COUNT]
A site is the same as a website.
5 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed prep/adv, V-ed
If something is sited in a particular place or position, it is put there or built there.
He said chemical weapons had never been sited in Germany.
...a damp, old castle, romantically sited on a river estuary.
● siting [N-SING] usu the N of n
...controls on the siting of gas storage vessels.
6 [PHRASE]
If someone or something is on site, they are in a particular area or group of buildings where people work, study, or stay.
It is cheaper to have extra building work done when the builder is on site.
7 [PHRASE]
If someone or something is off site, they are away from a particular area or group of buildings where people work, study, or stay.
There is ample car parking off site.bomb site (bomb sites)
also bombsite
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A bomb site is an empty area where a bomb has destroyed all the buildings.
In London, where I grew up, we were surrounded by bomb sites.build|ing site (building sites)
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A building site is an area of land on which a building or a group of buildings is in the process of being built or altered.
= construction sitecamp|ing site (camping sites)
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A camping site is the same as a campsite.cara|van site (caravan sites)
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A caravan site is an area of land where people can stay in a caravan on holiday, or where people live in caravans. (BRIT; in AM, use trailer park)mir|ror site (mirror sites)
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A mirror site is a website which is the same as another website operated by the same person or organization but has a slightly different address. Mirror sites are designed to make it easier for more people to visit a popular website.
1 [N-COUNT] oft n N
A site is a piece of ground that is used for a particular purpose or where a particular thing happens.
He became a hod carrier on a building site.
...a bat sanctuary with special nesting sites...
2 [N-COUNT] usu the N of n
The site of an important event is the place where it happened.
Scientists have described the Aral sea as the site of the worst ecological disaster on earth...
3 [N-COUNT]
A site is a piece of ground where something such as a statue or building stands or used to stand.
...the site of Moses' tomb.
4 [N-COUNT]
A site is the same as a website.
5 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed prep/adv, V-ed
If something is sited in a particular place or position, it is put there or built there.
He said chemical weapons had never been sited in Germany.
...a damp, old castle, romantically sited on a river estuary.
● siting [N-SING] usu the N of n
...controls on the siting of gas storage vessels.
6 [PHRASE]
If someone or something is on site, they are in a particular area or group of buildings where people work, study, or stay.
It is cheaper to have extra building work done when the builder is on site.
7 [PHRASE]
If someone or something is off site, they are away from a particular area or group of buildings where people work, study, or stay.
There is ample car parking off site.bomb site (bomb sites)
also bombsite
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A bomb site is an empty area where a bomb has destroyed all the buildings.
In London, where I grew up, we were surrounded by bomb sites.build|ing site (building sites)
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A building site is an area of land on which a building or a group of buildings is in the process of being built or altered.
= construction sitecamp|ing site (camping sites)
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A camping site is the same as a campsite.cara|van site (caravan sites)
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A caravan site is an area of land where people can stay in a caravan on holiday, or where people live in caravans. (BRIT; in AM, use trailer park)mir|ror site (mirror sites)
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A mirror site is a website which is the same as another website operated by the same person or organization but has a slightly different address. Mirror sites are designed to make it easier for more people to visit a popular website.