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dumpster

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈdʌmpstɚ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: D AH1 M P S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: skip, communal bin

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a container designed to receive and transport and dump waste

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: container

History

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. By surface analysis, dump + -ster.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: гюм (gjum) — large trash receptacle
  • Catalan: contenidor — large trash receptacle
  • Esperanto: rubujego — large trash receptacle
  • Finnish: roskalava — large trash receptacle
  • French: conteneur poubelle — large trash receptacle
  • German: Müllcontainer — large trash receptacle
  • German: Abfallcontainer — large trash receptacle
  • Greek: κάδος σκουπιδιών (kádos skoupidión) — large trash receptacle
  • Greek: κάδος απορριμμάτων (kádos aporrimmáton) — large trash receptacle
  • Hebrew: צְפַרְדֵעַ (tsfardéa) — large trash receptacle
  • Hindi: कचरा पात्र (kacrā pātra) — large trash receptacle
  • Hindi: कूड़ेदान (kūṛedān) — large trash receptacle
  • Hungarian: kuka — large trash receptacle
  • Italian: cassonetto — large trash receptacle
  • Portuguese: caçamba de lixo — large trash receptacle
  • Russian: му́сорка (músorka) — large trash receptacle
  • Russian: му́сорный конте́йнер (músornyj kontɛ́jner) — large trash receptacle
  • Serbo-Croatian: kontejner za smeće — large trash receptacle
  • Spanish: contenedor — large trash receptacle
  • Spanish: volqueta — large trash receptacle
  • Swedish: container — large trash receptacle
  • Swedish: sopcontainer — large trash receptacle
  • Swedish: avfallscontainer — large trash receptacle
  • Turkish: hurda konteyneri — large trash receptacle