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dustcart

dustcart

5.7
A large truck that collects household rubbish
  • noun
  • /ˈdʌst.kɑːt/
  • UK
translation icon : camión de la basura
  • The dustcart arrived early in the morning to collect the rubbish from our street.

Examples

  • Residents are encouraged to place their bins out for the dustcart to ensure proper waste collection.

  • Thanks to the dustcart, our neighborhood stays clean and free of litter.

  • We'll search the dustcarts, if necessary.

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  • Your goal is for some pamphlets to traverse every place in the area; typically, you would probably wish to have this item not during the dustcart or alternatively having trouble in the back with people's runners.

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  • You will want some leaflets to journey everywhere in the community; you can probably choose the idea that is not involved in the dustcart, maybe wedged up to the sole of your own sandal.

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  • You require your pamphlets to get information right across cities; you probably chose the item that had not been the dustcart, or it may be glued onto the substructure in your own blackjack shoe.

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Synonyms

garbage truck
vsdustcart
  • US
23 1.8

A large truck that collects and carries household waste

is the British name used for this household waste collection vehicle

How Big

garbage truck
  • US
23 1.8
dustcart
  • UK
5.7
van
676 1.0

Surface Forms

dustcart singular
dustcarts plural

Morphology

dustcart = dust + cart (transparent) = dust + cart

The compound literally denotes a cart for collecting dust/household refuse and the components directly indicate the object's function.

Etymology

The word dustcart is a simple compound of dust ('small bits of dirt') and cart ('a vehicle'). So a dustcart is literally a cart for taking away dirt and rubbish, which is why it now means the truck that collects household garbage.