dumpster
A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck…A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
» Tom took cover behind a dumpster.
Tom ging hinter einer Mülltonne in Deckung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(Canada, US)A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
Müllcontainer, Abfallcontainer
му́соркаmúsorka, му́сорный конте́йнерmúsornyj kontɛ́jner
- a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste
Examples
40 sentencesTom took cover behind a dumpster.
deTom ging hinter einer Mülltonne in Deckung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom threw the gun into a dumpster.
Diego moved away from the dumpster.
I ate from dumpsters a lot.
He set a dumpster on fire.
ruОн поджёг мусорный бак. — marafon
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Genericized brand name, from blend of dump + Dempster. The original brand (and some associGenericized brand name, from blend of dump + Dempster. The original brand (and some associated things) are no longer trademarked, because the three trademarks involved have either expired or been cancelled. By surface analysis, dump + -ster.
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Forms
plural: dumpstersSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsSee also
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