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Dumpster
(dump′stər)
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a large metal trash bin, often of a kind that is emptied, or transported to a dump, by a specially equipped truck
noun
such a trash bin
See Dumpster in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A trademark used for containers designed for receiving, transporting, and dumping waste materials. This trademark often occurs in print in lowercase: “[The street is] lined with low-cost apartment buildings and strewn with blue dumpsters” (Chicago Tribune).
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