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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Everett Carter, 61, a Jackson County Public Works employee, in Missouri, was carrying out snow removal when he was hit by a dump truck Sunday.
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Everyone from long-haul truckers to dump truck drivers, regional delivery and vocational vehicle operators and others are eligible for nomination.
—Gretchen Eichenberg, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
Then dozens of dump trucks haul in 750 tons of dirt to lay a 6-inch-deep floor, and workers install bucking chutes, gates and pens.
—Ellen Wulfhorst, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
City buses, refuse trucks, and dump trucks can use the same fuel cell technology.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Everyone from long-haul truckers to dump truck drivers, regional delivery and vocational vehicle operators and others are eligible for nomination.
—Gretchen Eichenberg, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
Then dozens of dump trucks haul in 750 tons of dirt to lay a 6-inch-deep floor, and workers install bucking chutes, gates and pens.
—Ellen Wulfhorst, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
City buses, refuse trucks, and dump trucks can use the same fuel cell technology.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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 15 Jan. 2025.
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