garbage truck
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈɡɑːrbɪdʒ trʌk/
- US
:
camión de basura
- Every Wednesday morning, the garbage truck comes to pick up the trash from the neighborhood.
- garbage truck driver
- hit a garbage truck
- garbage truck is parked
Because he went to McDonald's and drove a garbage truck.
- Because he went to McDonald's and drove a garbage truck.
- Right now we're already incinerating or dumping one full garbage truck.
- And they, I think they did two days, they bring a garbage truck out there.
- The liquid that's in a porta potty, which is used by the way, or the liquid that drips from the back of a garbage truck and cart?
Examples
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Andy and Serafine stuck behind a garbage truck on a narrow street.
Fiction book (1997) -
There should be a garbage truck coming through sometime after midnight.
Fiction book (2000) -
Oh, the garbage truck came right here.
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This time make sure you put it in the garbage truck.
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No, we called a garbage truck.
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On Friday, one half hour before the garbage truck comes, she will put her trash in the can.
Fiction book (2000) -
Simon's gonna get me a job on the garbage truck.
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She wants to drive a garbage truck.
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The following morning, a garbage truck would be specially dispatched to pick up the refuse.
Fiction book (1990) -
Follow that garbage truck!
Synonyms
A large truck that collects household rubbish
A truck that takes away waste and unwanted items
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Morphology
The meaning 'a large vehicle that collects household waste' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'garbage' (waste) with 'truck' (large vehicle). This is a straightforward noun compound following regular English composition patterns and is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Garbage truck is a simple image: a big truck that stops at houses to pick up and carry away garbage to the dump. So it means 'a large vehicle that collects household waste'.