dumpster

noun

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

Examples of dumpster in a Sentence

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At the house, workers hired by the new owners have removed 14 dumpsters of debris and stripped away wallpaper and other postwar additions. Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025 Police collected several items during the search including a trash dumpster and found Elkins' vehicle near Booker’s residence. Escher Walcott, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025 Investigators also searched Booker's home and recovered a dumpster from the apartment complex. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 Walshe, 49, of Cohasset, is accused of murdering his wife Ana Walshe, dismembering her body on New Years 2023 and hiding it in dumpsters around Greater Boston. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 9 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 31 Jan. 2025.

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