dumpster en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdʌmpstɚ/
Etymology
Genericized brand name, from blend of dump + Dempster. The original brand (and some associated things) are no longer trademarked, because the three trademarks involved have either expired or been cancelled. By surface analysis, dump + -ster.
Meanings
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(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
He realized with a brief shudder that Kurt probably used this flashlight while nipple-deep in dumpsters, had an image of Kurt transferring it from his gloved hands to his mouth and back again as he dug through bags of kitchen and toilet waste, looking for discarded technology.
2005, Cory Doctorow, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town:[…]with the uncanny ability to always look like he just woke up in a dumpster
2020 December 27, Dave Barry, “Dave Barry's Year in Review 2020”, in The Washington Post Magazine:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dumpsters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dumpster fire · dumpster panda · dumpsterload · dumpster diving · dumpster juice · dumpster bandit · dumpsterful · cum dumpster
Relateds
dump cart · dump truck · dumptruck · dumper · dumping · dumpcart
Synonyms
Translations (24)
sh kontejner za smeće (large trash receptacle) · ca contenidor (large trash receptacle) · pt caçamba de lixo (large trash receptacle) · hi कचरा पात्र (large trash receptacle) · hi कूड़ेदान (large trash receptacle) · fi roskalava (large trash receptacle) · de Abfallcontainer (large trash receptacle) · fr conteneur poubelle (large trash receptacle) · bg гюм (large trash receptacle) · sv container (large trash receptacle) · es contenedor de basura/escombros (large trash receptacle) · he צְפַרְדֵעַ (large trash receptacle) · el κάδος απορριμμάτων (large trash receptacle) · de Müllcontainer (large trash receptacle) · ru му́сорка (large trash receptacle) · es volqueta (large trash receptacle) · sv sopcontainer (large trash receptacle) · ru му́сорный конте́йнер (large trash receptacle) · el κάδος σκουπιδιών (large trash receptacle) · tr hurda konteyneri (large trash receptacle) · hu kuka (large trash receptacle) · eo rubujego (large trash receptacle) · sv avfallscontainer (large trash receptacle) · it cassonetto (large trash receptacle)