dumpcart
dumpcart noun: a cart, often two-wheeled, that can be tilted to empty its contents.
Noun
dumpcart (plural dumpcarts)
- A cart, often two-wheeled, that can be tilted to empty its contents.
- When James' Bay mud flats had become too "towny" to be a rubbish heap any more, the little two-wheeled, one-horse dump-carts trundled their loads of garbage to the unmade end of Cook Street and spilled it among the boggy ooze.1942, Emily Carr, “Cook Street”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC
- Farther on, dump-carts tip their loads over the slopes; and the rocks, suddenly poured seaward, bound and roll into the water, each large lump followed by a scattering of lighter stones.1955, Albert Camus, "The Minotaur, or the Stop in Oran" (1939), translated by Justin O'Brien, New York: Vintage, 1991, p. 176
Synonyms of dumpcart
Forms of dumpcart
| plural | dumpcarts |
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Origin of dumpcart
From dump + cart.
Questions about dumpcart
- What does dumpcart mean?
- Dumpcart means a cart, often two-wheeled, that can be tilted to empty its contents.
- What part of speech is dumpcart?
- Dumpcart is a noun.
- What is the plural of dumpcart?
- The plural of dumpcart is dumpcarts.
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