dumpster

noun

dump·ster ˈdəm(p)-stər

variants or less commonly Dumpster

: a large trash receptacle

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Hours after the killing, Jose Ibarra was also captured wearing different clothes from the dumpster Ring footage while discarding unidentifiable items in a bag in another dumpster at his apartment complex, Ross said. —

Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024 The footage, which was played in court on Friday, shows the individual disposing of an object in dumpster at an apartment complex not far from the crime scene. —

Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024 Scenarios included ballots tossed in dumpsters, drones flown over polling stations, white powders mailed to poll workers, ransomware attacks, misinformation on social media, active shooters and power outages. —

Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2024 Loading your audio article The Army Office of Special Trial Counsel charged a 21-year-old soldier in the death of a sergeant found in a Missouri dumpster. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dumpster

Word History

Etymology

dump entry 1 + -ster (originally in the trademarked name Dempster Dumpster, applied to mechanically loaded refuse containers produced by the Dempster Brothers Company of Knoxville, Tennessee)

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of dumpster was in 1937

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