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

“Not only did he light the tree this year, he gave it a pre-emptive pardon just in case it falls over on someone or gets all coked up and throws its gun in the dumpster. Who knows?”

From New York Times

Work applies to the production of any significant art, of course, even when the material is an object found in a dumpster, or a set of instructions typed on a sheet of paper.

From Los Angeles Times

Later, Fazla explained that he pays the man to move garbage from the trash cans next to the gas pumps to a dumpster about 30 yards away.

From Slate

In a rational world, this idea would have been consigned to the dumpster long ago, and forever.

From Los Angeles Times

In recent weeks, they spent their nights behind a Family Dollar store dumpster.

From Los Angeles Times