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Dumpster — 1930s, from Dempster Dumpster trash hauling mechanism, patented by Dempster Brothers and probably named from DUMP (Cf. dump) (v.) with the surname in mind … Etymology dictionary
dumpster — ► NOUN N. Amer. ▪ a rubbish skip. ORIGIN originally Dempster Dumpster, a proprietary name given by the American manufacturers, Dempster Brothers of Tennessee … English terms dictionary
Dumpster™ — UK US /ˈdʌmpstər/ noun [C] US TRADEMARK ► TRANSPORT a SKIP(Cf. ↑skip) … Financial and business terms
Dumpster — ☆ Dumpster [dump′stər ] trademark for a large metal trash bin, often of a kind that is emptied, or transported to a dump, by a specially equipped truck n. [usually d ] such a trash bin … English World dictionary
Dumpster — Three Dumpsters in various sizes Green Dumpster with … Wikipedia
Dumpster — UK [ˈdʌmpstə(r)] / US [ˈdʌmpstər] Word forms Dumpster : singular Dumpster plural Dumpsters trademark American a skip for waste … English dictionary
Dumpster{™} — n a US make of very large metal container for rubbish, left in the street or near a place where there is building work. Dumpster diving is taking things, including food, from these containers, often as a way of protesting about excess and waste… … Universalium
Dumpster diving — ➡ Dumpster * * * … Universalium
Dumpster — [[t]dʌ̱mpstə(r)[/t]] Dumpsters N COUNT A Dumpster is a large metal container for holding rubbish. [AM, TRADEMARK] (in BRIT, usually use skip) … English dictionary
dumpster — noun N. Amer. trademark a rubbish skip. Origin 1930s: orig. Dempster Dumpster, proprietary name (based on dump) given by the American manufacturers, Dempster Brothers … English new terms dictionary
Dumpster (brand) — Dumpster is an American brand of trash receptacle, and a type of mobile garbage bin or MGB. The word Dumpster came from the Dempster Dumpster system of mechanically loading the contents of standardised containers onto garbage trucks, which was… … Wikipedia
