dumpster

or Dump·ster

[ duhmp-ster ]

noun

1. a large metal or plastic bin for refuse designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck for emptying or hauling away.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dumpster¹

First recorded in 1935–40; dump ( def ) + -ster ( def ), originally part of the jingle “Dempster Dumpster, ” a trademark for a large trash container manufactured by the Dempster Brothers Company in Knoxville, Tennessee

Example Sentences

He hangs up the phone, then flicks his cigarette into the grease dumpster, which erupts in flames.

From The Daily Beast

UNDERWOOD: (now smoking next to the grease dumpster out back) Ah wish ah could.

From The Daily Beast

BUSBOY: (screaming inside dumpster) WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!?!?!?

From The Daily Beast

Micah asks one of her dumpster-diving friends, who scored a load of meat too big for any of them to finish.

From The Daily Beast

A homeless man found her nude body in a Dumpster on January 1, 2007.

From The Daily Beast

It wasn't as if sitting in the dumpster would infect it or something.

From Project Gutenberg

The cat sprang away, clawing up his face, leaping back onto the Dumpster.

From Project Gutenberg

The dumpster was seven feet cubed, the duckies a few inches on a side.

From Project Gutenberg

There were thousands and thousands of duckies in the dumpster: more than they could ever fit into the Buick.

From Project Gutenberg

I found the most amazing cosmetics baskets at the Shiseido dumpster.

From Project Gutenberg