Phrase guide

garbage truck

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A vehicle for the collection and removal of domestic waste

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a truck for collecting domestic refuse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in Britain a garbage truck is called a dustcart

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dustcart

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: truck, motortruck

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: camió d'escombraries — waste collection vehicle
  • Chinese Cantonese: 垃圾車 /垃圾车 (laap6 saap3 ce1) — waste collection vehicle
  • Chinese: 糞掃車 /粪扫车 — waste collection vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 垃圾車 /垃圾车 (lājīchē) — waste collection vehicle
  • Czech: popelářský vůz — waste collection vehicle
  • Danish: skraldebil — waste collection vehicle
  • Danish: skraldevogn c renovationsvogn — waste collection vehicle
  • Dutch: vuilniswagen — waste collection vehicle
  • Faroese: ruskbilur — waste collection vehicle
  • Finnish: roska-auto — waste collection vehicle
  • French: benne à ordures ménagères — waste collection vehicle
  • French: camion poubelle — waste collection vehicle
  • German: Müllauto — waste collection vehicle
  • German: Müllwagen — waste collection vehicle
  • Greek: απορριμματοφόρο (aporrimmatofóro) — waste collection vehicle
  • Hungarian: kukásautó — waste collection vehicle
  • Hungarian: kukáskocsi — waste collection vehicle
  • Hungarian: szemeteskocsi — waste collection vehicle
  • Hungarian: szemetesautó — waste collection vehicle
  • Icelandic: ruslabíll — waste collection vehicle
  • Irish: leoraí bruscair — waste collection vehicle
  • Japanese: ごみ収集車 (gomi shūshūsha) — waste collection vehicle
  • Korean: 쓰레기차 (sseuregicha) — waste collection vehicle
  • Korean: 수거차 (sugeocha) — waste collection vehicle
  • Latvian: atkritumu vedējs — waste collection vehicle
  • Lithuanian: šiukšliavežis — waste collection vehicle
  • Malay: lori sampah — waste collection vehicle
  • Malay: trak sampah — waste collection vehicle
  • Maltese: skemil — waste collection vehicle
  • Maltese: trakk taż-żibel — waste collection vehicle
  • Norman: ouadgîn à tés — waste collection vehicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: renovasjonsbil — waste collection vehicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: søppelbil — waste collection vehicle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: renovasjonsbil — waste collection vehicle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: søppelbil — waste collection vehicle
  • Polish: śmieciarka — waste collection vehicle
  • Portuguese: caminhão de lixo — waste collection vehicle
  • Romanian: autogunoieră — waste collection vehicle
  • Russian: му́сорная маши́на (músornaja mašína) — waste collection vehicle
  • Russian: мусорово́з (musorovóz) — waste collection vehicle
  • Spanish: camión de la basura — waste collection vehicle
  • Spanish: (camión) basurero — waste collection vehicle
  • Swahili: gari la taka — waste collection vehicle
  • Swedish: sopbil — waste collection vehicle
  • Turkish: çöp arabası — waste collection vehicle
  • Turkish: çöp kamyonu — waste collection vehicle
  • Welsh: lori ludw — waste collection vehicle
  • Yiddish: מיסטאויטאָ (mistoyto) — waste collection vehicle