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dump truck
noun
- a usually open-topped truck having a body that can be tilted to discharge its contents, as sand or gravel, through an open tailgate.
dump truck
/ ˈʌə- /
noun
- a small truck used on building sites, having a load-bearing container at the front that can be tipped up to unload the contents
Word History and Origins
Origin of dump truck1
Example Sentences
By doing the reduction work close to the disaster site, debris that initially filled three or four dump trucks can be consolidated into one large semi tractor-trailer load.
According to the complaint, Acosta was working for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power when Mathis berated him for blocking his driveway with a city dump truck and threatened him with a gun.
The storm had put her husband, who mows lawns, out of work, so he was hauling gravel with his dump truck.
From the enormous dump trucks full of sand to the tankers of fuel being brought in; shelters set up in schools and free Uber rides - it's a remarkable effort.
Excavators clawed at the remnants of Iron Gate Dam, clattering loudly as they unloaded tons of earth and rock into dump trucks.
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