dumpster

noun

dump·​ster ˈdəm(p)-stər How to pronounce dumpster (audio)
variants or less commonly Dumpster
: a large trash receptacle

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Only hours old, the pups had been tossed aside and left to die in a dumpster. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025 Buch is probably less attractive given his massive contract and declining play C Chris T. · 3h 51m ago Someone tell Zimmerman to throw FanDuel in the dumpster. Jeremy Rutherford, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025 Investigators believe, with the help of surveillance footage, the dog was left in the dumpster around 10 p.m. Jan. 20. Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025 But faith in the traditional media is in the dumpster. Axios, 7 Jan. 2025 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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“Dumpster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumpster. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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