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dumpsters

dumpsters is the plural of dumpster.

Meaning of dumpster

Noun

dumpster (plural dumpsters)

  1. (Canada, US) 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
    Synonyms:
    skip, communal bin

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Phrases with dumpsters

Questions about dumpsters

What is dumpsters the plural of?
Dumpsters is the plural of dumpster.

Words near dumpsters in the dictionary

  1. dumpster-divers
  2. dumpster-diving
  3. dumpsterful
  4. dumpstering
  5. dumpsterload
  6. dumpsters
  7. dumpstore
  8. Dumpsville
  9. dumptier
  10. dumptiest
  11. Dumpton

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