dumpster
English · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
dumpster
- /ˈdʌmpstɚ/
Where it comes from
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. By surface analysis, dump + -ster.
noun dumpsters
-
A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.
He realized with a brief shudder that Kurt probably used this flashlight while nipple-deep in dumpsters, had an image of Kurt transferring it from his gloved hands to his mouth and back again as he dug through bags of kitchen and toilet waste, looking for discarded technology.
Similar: skip, communal bin
verb dumpsters · dumpstering · dumpstered
- To discard or dispose something, especially to throw into a dumpster.
- To humiliatingly destroy, utterly demolish (an opponent).
-
Synonym of dumpster dive
Similar: dumpster dive
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dustbin, wastebasket, landfill, dump, bin, junkyard, toilet, pail, bucket, garbage, diving, truck, pinto, container, outlet, kick
Translations
Every language
noun large trash receptacle
| Español | contenedor de basura/escombros, volqueta |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | कचरा पात्र kacrā pātra, कूड़ेदान kūṛedān |
| Português | caçamba de lixo |
| Français | conteneur poubelle |
| Deutsch | Müllcontainer, Abfallcontainer |
| Italiano | cassonetto |
| Ελληνικά | κάδος σκουπιδιών kádos skoupidión, κάδος απορριμμάτων kádos aporrimmáton |
| Русский | му́сорка músorka, му́сорный конте́йнер músornyj kontɛ́jner |
| עברית | צְפַרְדֵעַ tsfardéa |
Talk about this word "dumpster." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dumpster. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dumpster. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dumpster "dumpster." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dumpster.Cite this
@misc{dumpster_2026,
title = {dumpster},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dumpster},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
