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dump trucks

dump trucks is the plural of dump truck.

Meaning of dump truck

Noun

dump truck (plural dump trucks)

  1. A heavy truck, for carrying loose, bulk cargo (e.g., soil, gravel, grain), having a hinged bed that allows the contents to be unloaded onto the ground via dumping.
    • Specialised long-reach excavators with a clamshell grab then reach though the openings to lift the spoil to the surface, which is then deposited in articulated dump trucks (ADTs).2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60
  2. (slang) A large pair of buttocks.

Questions about dump trucks

What is dump trucks the plural of?
Dump trucks is the plural of dump truck.

Words near dump trucks in the dictionary

  1. dump stats
  2. dump store
  3. dump tackle
  4. dump tackles
  5. dump truck
  6. dump trucks
  7. dump-and-bake
  8. dump-cart
  9. dump-carts
  10. dumpability
  11. dumpable

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