dumpster

noun

dump·ster ˈdəm(p)-stər

variants or less commonly Dumpster

: a large trash receptacle

Examples of dumpster in a Sentence

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The department said five vehicles, two dumpster bins and the side of a building were set on fire. —

Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024 Bailey’s body was found around 10 p.m. on July 8, 2001, next to a dumpster in a parking lot. —

Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024 Found Footage Festival at Vivarium Wisconsin natives and pop-culture dumpster divers Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher bring the Found Footage Festival back to Milwaukee for a 20th anniversary show Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. at Vivarium, 1816 N. Farwell Ave. —

Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024 The settlement is a result of over 12 waste inspections conducted from 2011 to 2013, during which more than 300 potentially hazardous items were recovered from regular trash dumpsters at 10 Frontier facilities, authorities said. —

Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 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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