dumpster
/ˈdʌmpstɚ/
dumpster noun: a large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
Noun
dumpster (plural dumpsters)
- A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
- He realized with a brief shudder that Kurt probably used this flashlight while nipple-deep in dumpsters, had an image of Kurt transferring it from his gloved hands to his mouth and back again as he dug through bags of kitchen and toilet waste, looking for discarded technology.2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
- […]with the uncanny ability to always look like he just woke up in a dumpster2020 December 27, Dave Barry, “Dave Barry's Year in Review 2020”, in The Washington Post Magazine
- Synonyms:
- skip, communal bin
Verb
dumpster (third-person singular simple present dumpsters, present participle dumpstering, simple past and past participle dumpstered)
- To discard or dispose something, especially to throw into a dumpster.
- To humiliatingly destroy, utterly demolish (an opponent).
- Synonym of dumpster dive
- Synonyms:
- dumpster dive
dumpster meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
dumpster in Hindi
- large trash receptacle
- कचरा पात्र kacrā pātra, कूड़ेदान kūṛedān
dumpster in Marathi
- डंपस्टर, डंपस्टर करण्यासाठी
dumpster in Urdu
- ڈمپسٹر, ڈمپسٹیر
dumpster in Bengali
- ডাম্পস্টার, ডাম্পস্টার করতে, ডাম্পস্টার করার জন্য
More languagesFewer languages
- dumpster in Telugu
- డంప్స్టర్, డంప్స్టెర్, డంపస్టర్
- dumpster in Malayalam
- ഡംപ്സ്റ്റർ, ഡമ്പ്സ്റ്റർ, ഡംപ്സ്റ്റർ ചെയ്യാൻ
- dumpster in Kannada
- ಡಂಪ್ಸ್ಟರ್, ಡಂಪಸ್ಟರ್
- dumpster in Punjabi
- ਡੰਪਸਟਰ
- dumpster in Gujarati
- ડમ્પસ્ટર, ડંપસ્ટર, ડમ્પસ્ટર કરવા માટે
- dumpster in Odia
- ଡମ୍ପଷ୍ଟର, ଡମ୍ପ୍ଷ୍ଟର୍, ଡମ୍ପଷ୍ଟର୍
- dumpster in Nepali
- डम्पस्टर, डंप्स्टर, डम्पस्टर गर्न
Examples of dumpster in a sentence
- I found enough sticks in dumpsters at construction sites to build my shed.
- The dumpster fire was ruled an arson.
- The truck driver rolled off a fresh dumpster and left it sitting at the curb to be filled tomorrow.
Synonyms of dumpster
Forms of dumpster
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dumpsters |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dumpsters |
| present participle | dumpstering |
| past participle | dumpstered |
| past | dumpstered |
Origin of dumpster
Genericized 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.
Words formed from dumpster
Phrases with dumpster
Questions about dumpster
- What does dumpster mean?
- Dumpster means a large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
- What is dumpster in Hindi?
- Dumpster in Hindi is कचरा पात्र (kacrā pātra), कूड़ेदान (kūṛedān). See Dumpster meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dumpster?
- Dumpster can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce dumpster?
- Dumpster is pronounced /ˈdʌmpstɚ/.
- What is the plural of dumpster?
- The plural of dumpster is dumpsters.
Words near dumpster in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dumpster (page history and authors); dumpster (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dumpster (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dumpster (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dumpster (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dumpster (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dumpster (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dumpster (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dumpster (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dumpster (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); dumpster (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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