Used in a Sentence

dumpster

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dumpster.

Editorial note

Be the person who empties the trashcans and if the dumpster is full jump up and down on top of the garbage to make more room.

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Quick take

(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dumpster gathered in one view.

noun

(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dumpster.

noun

(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

Example sentences

1

Be the person who empties the trashcans and if the dumpster is full jump up and down on top of the garbage to make more room.

2

It is mostly a protection in cases where an attacker gains physical access to a system (or dumpster dives hard drives).

3

I'd probably take a dumpster over an open office plan though so take that for what it's worth.

4

But if I'm not I'll eat out of a dumpster and you won't hear me bitching about it.

5

Almost everyone through the bag of trash on the trunk (boot) of the car and drove to the dumpster while heading to work.

6

All it takes to block a road are two guys with long VW Sprinter vans and a regular dumpster truck can't maneuver through the hole.

7

Smart trash can connected to dumpster with pneumatic tubes?

8

I hope that the next time we hear about her, it won't be some news about her body being found in a dumpster.

9

He didn't get it for free, he got it through the time effort of dumpster diving, a recurring cost that has a random (though apparently positive) payoff.

10

If this guy thinks farm labour is an easy occupation, it's only because his idea of where food comes from is the dumpster behind a grocery store.

11

Most Internet comment sections are unmitigated dumpster fires.

12

And then throwing Einstein into the same dumpster.

Quote examples

1

By "dead", pg does not mean that Bill Gates has to resort to dumpster diving to get his evening meal.

2

Subsistence farming is a totally different lifestyle than dumpster diving and couch surfing, and I doubt he's much more prepared for it than your average "wage slave".

3

"Who's ever going to look in that dumpster?" There's also a lot of cognitive "not my problem", in my observation.

4

He almost even comes out and says time isn't a cost when he says he'd think it evil to sell something he found while dumpster diving, "how can you sell something you get for free?".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dumpster in a sentence?

Be the person who empties the trashcans and if the dumpster is full jump up and down on top of the garbage to make more room.

What does dumpster mean?

(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

What part of speech is dumpster?

dumpster is commonly used as noun.