Dumpster
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noun
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verb
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(As a noun)
Dumpster ( noun )
- A large, usually metal container for the disposal of waste, especially as collected by a garbage truck.
- A large container for disposing of waste, typically made of metal and found behind commercial buildings.
Origin:
Dumpster is a proprietary eponym of the dempster brothers, who invented it in the early 1930s.
Examples:
- The dumpster was filled with discarded furniture and broken appliances.
- The smell coming out of the dumpster was overwhelming, it was hard to be close to it.
- The workers loaded the trash into the dumpster.
- The dumpster was so full that the garbage was spilling out of it.
- He threw the broken computer into the dumpster.
(As a verb)
Dumpster ( verb )
- A large, usually metal container for the disposal of waste, especially as collected by a garbage truck.
- A large container for disposing of waste, typically made of metal and found behind commercial buildings.
Origin:
Dumpster is a proprietary eponym of the dempster brothers, who invented it in the early 1930s.
Examples:
- The dumpster was filled with discarded furniture and broken appliances.
- The smell coming out of the dumpster was overwhelming, it was hard to be close to it.
- The workers loaded the trash into the dumpster.
- The dumpster was so full that the garbage was spilling out of it.
- He threw the broken computer into the dumpster.