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DUMPSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dumpster mean? 

DUMPSTER (noun)
  The noun DUMPSTER has 1 sense:

1. a container designed to receive and transport and dump wasteplay

  Familiarity information: DUMPSTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DUMPSTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A container designed to receive and transport and dump waste

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Dumpster" is a kind of...):

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)


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