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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There have been incidents involving vans, SUVs, pickups, a semi and a garbage truck.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Items largely were not forcibly thrown out by law enforcement, but a garbage truck idled nearby.
—Ashraf Khalil, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
So there could be an autonomous garbage truck.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
There have been incidents involving vans, SUVs, pickups, a semi and a garbage truck.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Items largely were not forcibly thrown out by law enforcement, but a garbage truck idled nearby.
—Ashraf Khalil, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
So there could be an autonomous garbage truck.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
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 8 Sep. 2025.
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