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 city's Streets Department said plowing and salting operations remain ongoing, with more than 200 dump trucks, excavators and loaders deployed across Philadelphia.
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Eva Andersen, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
The Davenport plant is home to six product lines, including production and utility-class loaders, articulated dump trucks, motor graders, skidders and wheeled feller bunchers, mobile units that cut down trees and then gather them for transport to mills.
—Kevin Baskins, Des Moines Register, 28 Jan. 2026
But for now the only way to earn was with the junk shop and Luz’s dump truck.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The latter is what Wenger gets a dump truck of money from by one of the most disgusting organisations in the world.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
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Eva Andersen, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
The Davenport plant is home to six product lines, including production and utility-class loaders, articulated dump trucks, motor graders, skidders and wheeled feller bunchers, mobile units that cut down trees and then gather them for transport to mills.
—Kevin Baskins, Des Moines Register, 28 Jan. 2026
But for now the only way to earn was with the junk shop and Luz’s dump truck.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The latter is what Wenger gets a dump truck of money from by one of the most disgusting organisations in the world.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Dump truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dump%20truck. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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