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belly dumper

belly dumper noun: a type of dump truck that unloads through a dump gate at the bottom of the trailer.

Noun

belly dumper (plural belly dumpers)

  1. A type of dump truck that unloads through a dump gate at the bottom of the trailer.
    • But before Three and Four [Generating plants from Montana Power that use coal from Colestrip to generate power] was built, everything that was hauled in [to the mine] was on a belly dumper.1999, Lorelei Anne Lambert, Keepers of the Central Fire: Issues in Ecology for Indigenous Peoples, →ISBN
    • Eloise described how, in her job: Day by day it's different; it could be the grader, it could be a water cart, it could be a rear tipper, it could be a belly dumper, it could be a dozer.2010, David Peetz, Georgina Murray -, Women of the Coal Rushes, →ISBN, page 257

Forms of belly dumper

pluralbelly dumpers
alternative formbelly-dumper

Questions about belly dumper

What does belly dumper mean?
Belly dumper means a type of dump truck that unloads through a dump gate at the bottom of the trailer.
What part of speech is belly dumper?
Belly dumper is a noun.
What is the plural of belly dumper?
The plural of belly dumper is belly dumpers.

Words near belly dumper in the dictionary

  1. belly danced
  2. belly dancer
  3. belly dancers
  4. belly dances
  5. belly dancing
  6. belly dumper
  7. belly dumpers
  8. belly flop
  9. belly flopped
  10. belly flopper
  11. belly floppers

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