garbage truck

noun

US
: a truck used to take away garbage that people put outside their houses, buildings, etc., in bags or cans

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Firefighters rescued a man from a garbage truck in San Francisco. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Officials said the person had been inside a dumpster before it was emptied into the garbage truck. Kat Filardi, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 The garbage truck continued through the intersection, hitting a Chevy Colorado before overturning onto its side. Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 By the time detectives began their investigation, the contents of the dumpster had been hauled off by a garbage truck, Hernandez wrote in his report. David Goodhue august 21, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for garbage truck

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“Garbage truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garbage%20truck. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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