dumpster
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈdʌmpstər/
- US
:
contenedor de basura
- I'll just put it in the dumpster or give it to the Salvation Army.
- put in a dumpster
- dumpster diving for food
- roll-off dumpster
So the greatest dumpster diving city in the world is New York City.
- So the greatest dumpster diving city in the world is New York City.
- Oh, he was going to put it on a, on a on a dumpster and destroy it.
- Like I would see people rescuing birds and fish out of the dumpsters behind PetSmart.
- And then in between him and Mughniyeh's house is a dumpster.
- They've got her tied up like in front of a damn dumpster.
- There have been holidays where she calls and tells me she just ate pizza from a dumpster.
- And they, you know, so there's amazing stories of like them literally getting their food from the dumpster in the back of a grocery store, right?
- I found food and dumpsters for my family as a kid.
Examples
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Harry and Lloyd pull up to a large green dumpster behind the market.
Fiction book (1994) -
I got a dumpster here.
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Look what I found in that dumpster behind the supermarket.
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Trash should be carried to the dumpster outside the east entrance.
Fiction book (1995) -
A gym bag is tossed out into a garbage dumpster below the window.
Fiction book (1994) -
Elaine, my father's assistant, had shown me the dumpster in the parking lot when she had dropped me off.
Fiction book (1994) -
During that time we also found several aluminium canisters and some hoses in a dumpster a few blocks away.
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The workers loaded the old furniture into the dumpster for disposal.
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After the party, we filled the dumpster with leftover decorations and trash.
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He found some usable items in the dumpster behind the restaurant.
Synonyms
214
1.0
A container where people put waste to be taken away
119
1.0
A container with a lid for storing or throwing away things
72
1.0
A container for holding rubbish until it is collected
60
1.0
A bin with a lid that holds household waste until someone takes it away
15
1.0
A container with an open top for holding paper and small bits of rubbish
11
1.6
A container for paper, plastic, or glass that will be recycled
10
1.0
A container for household rubbish
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1.0
A container for holding rubbish until it is taken away
2
1.1
A large round bin for holding rubbish until someone collects it
2
1.3
A container with an open top for small trash like paper
A bin for rubbish kept until it is collected
A container for cold ashes and small pieces of household trash
A bin in public places where people put trash
A bin in public places for people to put rubbish in
A bin in public places where people put rubbish
Compounds
- Slur
An insulting, very rude name for someone, usually a woman, that says they are only for sex
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Etymology
Dumpster comes from the company name Dempster and the simple verb dump, which means 'to throw away'. It began as a brand name for a big metal bin, so today dumpster means a large container for 'waste'.