dump truck
noun
: an automotive truck for the transportation of bulk material that has a body which tilts to dump its contents
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The dump truck was swallowed up by the second sinkhole to open in two days at Summit Avenue and Lewis Street.
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Nick Caloway, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
City workers worked fast to clear the block, loading tents, pallets, chairs and refuse into the dump truck.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
In December, a Northern Recycling dump truck driver was killed at the site when another truck inadvertently dropped its load onto the cab during unloading operations.
—Sacbee.com, 12 Feb. 2026
The deployment of excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks at the bank site has given East Hartford residents a visual sign of change at Founders Plaza, a collection of office buildings that were modern a generation ago but in decline for the past 10 years or more.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
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Nick Caloway, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
City workers worked fast to clear the block, loading tents, pallets, chairs and refuse into the dump truck.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
In December, a Northern Recycling dump truck driver was killed at the site when another truck inadvertently dropped its load onto the cab during unloading operations.
—Sacbee.com, 12 Feb. 2026
The deployment of excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks at the bank site has given East Hartford residents a visual sign of change at Founders Plaza, a collection of office buildings that were modern a generation ago but in decline for the past 10 years or more.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Dump truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dump%20truck. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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