dump-body truck
1dump body — A large truck s metal body which is generally hinged at rear and dumped by hydraulic means. The size is generally given in cubic yard water level capacity …
2dump body — noun : a motor truck or trailer body that can be manipulated to discharge its contents by gravity …
3Dump truck — For other uses, see Dump truck (disambiguation). A dump truck (or, UK, dumper truck) is a truck used for transporting loose material (such as sand, gravel, or dirt) for construction. A typical dump truck is equipped with a hydraulically operated… …
4dump truck — noun truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑dumper, ↑tipper truck, ↑tipper lorry, ↑tip truck, ↑tipper •… …
5dump trailer — noun : a truck trailer with a dump body …
6dump truck — dump′ truck or dump′truck n. trs a usu. open topped truck having a body that can be tilted to discharge its contents • Etymology: 1925–30 …
7dump — n. & v. n. 1 a a place for depositing rubbish. b a heap of rubbish. 2 colloq. an unpleasant or dreary place. 3 Mil. a temporary store of ammunition, provisions, etc. 4 an accumulated pile of ore, earth, etc. 5 Computing a a printout of stored… …
8dump truck — noun Date: circa 1924 an automotive truck for the transportation of bulk material that has a body which tilts to dump its contents …
9dump truck — a usually open topped truck having a body that can be tilted to discharge its contents, as sand or gravel, through an open tailgate. Also, dumptruck. [1925 30, Amer.] * * * …
10dump truck — A truck equipped so that the power of the motor can be applied to unloading the vehicle by raising the front end of the body, thereby permitting the contents of the load to slide out. A motor vehicle. Anno: 77 ALR2d 948 …
