dumpster

noun

dump·ster ˈdəm(p)-stər

variants or less commonly Dumpster

: a large trash receptacle

Examples of dumpster in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Surveillance video shows a group of people harassing Tilman Shannon from their car near a 7-11 convenience store, then chasing the victim, beating him and leaving him bloodied near a parking lot dumpster, according to local news outlet KFOR. Oklahoma City Police Sgt. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024 Shannon is seen trying to run away but is beaten down near the dumpster at the opposite end of the parking lot. —

Stepheny Price, Fox News, 2 June 2024 The pair, who were arrested in connection with a 2022 homicide in Hammond, Louisiana, were hiding in a dumpster behind a Dollar General store roughly 22 miles from the jail, according to police. —

Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 27 May 2024 Surveillance video shows a woman approach a dumpster behind the business with one of the dogs in her arms and the other following close behind. —

Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for dumpster

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Word History

Etymology

dump entry 1 + -ster (originally in the trademarked name Dempster Dumpster, applied to mechanically loaded refuse containers produced by the Dempster Brothers Company of Knoxville, Tennessee)

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of dumpster was in 1937

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