dump truck

noun

: an automotive truck for the transportation of bulk material that has a body which tilts to dump its contents

Examples of dump truck in a Sentence

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Two women are dead after a crash involving a dump truck in Boone County on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 The 59-year-old driver of the dump truck was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition, the sheriff's office said. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 July 2025 The tire marks from dump trucks hadn’t yet been blown away by the incessant gales of the high desert. Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025 Hundreds of protesters lined part of U.S. Highway 41 that slices through the marshy Everglades — also known as Tamiami Trail — as dump trucks hauling materials lumbered into the airfield. Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for dump truck

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dump truck was circa 1924

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“Dump truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dump%20truck. Accessed 27 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

dump truck

noun
: a truck for carrying and dumping loose material
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