dump truck
noun
: an automotive truck for the transportation of bulk material that has a body which tilts to dump its contents
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Jackson County has 18 vehicles equipped with plows and spreaders to treat roads: four tandem trucks, 10 single-axle dump trucks, and four 6500-class Chevrolet trucks.
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Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2025
In response, cities have deployed dump trucks and fire engines to protect parades, protests and other high-profile public gatherings, or set out concrete jersey barriers or temporary plastic barriers filled with water.
—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in a statement that the city's snow team, which uses 136 snowplows and 10 dump trucks, will charge into action at midnight to pretreat roadways with snow-dissolving salt.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
That’s fewer cameras than the tractor or dump truck, but enough for the size of the machine.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2025
In response, cities have deployed dump trucks and fire engines to protect parades, protests and other high-profile public gatherings, or set out concrete jersey barriers or temporary plastic barriers filled with water.
—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in a statement that the city's snow team, which uses 136 snowplows and 10 dump trucks, will charge into action at midnight to pretreat roadways with snow-dissolving salt.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
That’s fewer cameras than the tractor or dump truck, but enough for the size of the machine.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dump truck
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“Dump truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dump%20truck. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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