dumpster

English

A dumpster

Etymology

Genericized brand name, from blend of dump +‎ Dempster. The original brand (and some associated things) are no longer trademarked, because the three trademarks involved have either expired or been cancelled.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌmpstɚ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

dumpster (plural dumpsters)

1. (Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
   • 2020 December, Dave Barry, Year in review:

     […] with the uncanny ability to always look like he just woke up in a dumpster

Synonyms

• skip (UK, Australia)
• communal bin (UK)

Derived terms

• cum dumpster
• dumpster bandit
• dumpster diving
• dumpster fire
• dumpster juice
• dumpster panda

 

Translations

large trash receptacle

• Catalan: contenidor (ca)
• Esperanto: rubujego
• Finnish: roskalava (fi)
• French: conteneur poubelle m
• German: Müllcontainer (de) m, Abfallcontainer m
• Greek: κάδος σκουπιδιών m (kádos skoupidión), κάδος απορριμμάτων m (kádos aporrimmáton)
• Hebrew: צְפַרְדֵעַ (he) f (tsfardéa)
• Hungarian: kuka (hu)
• Italian: cassonetto (it) m
• Portuguese: caçamba de lixo f
• Russian: му́сорка (ru) f (músorka), му́сорный конте́йнер m (músornyj kontɛ́jner)
• Serbo-Croatian: kontejner za smeće m
• Spanish: contenedor (es) m
• Swedish: container (sv) c
• Turkish: hurda konteyneri

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