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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The raids filled a dump truck with about $1 million worth of illicit weed cultivated by unlicensed growers.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
Some of the biggest excavators and dump trucks look like tiny ants within the massive construction zone of The Line in Neom.
—New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2024
Troopers responded to the report of a crash involving a dump truck and a pedestrian in the area of southbound Interstate 95 near Mountain Road shortly after 8:30 a.m., state police said.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
Below, a very large chunk of the EAA is being torn up by backhoes and dump trucks.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024
Some of the biggest excavators and dump trucks look like tiny ants within the massive construction zone of The Line in Neom.
—New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2024
Troopers responded to the report of a crash involving a dump truck and a pedestrian in the area of southbound Interstate 95 near Mountain Road shortly after 8:30 a.m., state police said.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
Below, a very large chunk of the EAA is being torn up by backhoes and dump trucks.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024
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“Dump truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dump%20truck. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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