garbage truck

British  

noun

1. Also called (in Britain): dustcart.  a road vehicle for collecting domestic refuse

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Example Sentences

In addition to daily outages, fuel prices have soared, public transport has become rare and trash is piling up as garbage trucks are no longer running.

From Barron's

After she goes, I turn on some kids’ songs about garbage trucks and excavators to block out the music from down the hall.

From Literature

With only a small part of the state's garbage trucks operating, rubbish is piled high in the streets.

From BBC

Rubbish is piled high on street corners with no fuel for the state's garbage trucks to collect it.

From BBC

“This article is going to be a nightmare for me,” he told a Times reporter, because it’s likely to attract a parade of unsolicited garbage trucks looking to dump their bags.

From Los Angeles Times