dumpster
/ˈdʌmp.stər/ (bre, ipa) · [dˈʌmpstɚ] /ˈdʌmp.stɚ/ (ame, ipa) · [dˈʌmpstɚ] /ˈdəm(p)-stər How to pronounce dumpster (audio)/ (ame, mw)
dumpster — noun
1. a very large metal bin with a hinged lid, kept outside a building such as a shop
a very large metal bin with a hinged lid, kept outside a building such as a shop, restaurant, or block of flats so that rubbish can be thrown in and later collected by a truck.
Antonia carried two bags of kitchen scraps out to the dumpster behind the diner.
dumpster behind [building] — typical placement of the bin
The dumpster outside the apartment block was already overflowing by Saturday morning.
dumpster outside [building] + 'overflowing' collocation
Selim spotted an old wooden chair sitting next to a green dumpster on Elm Street.
Workers wheeled a steel dumpster up to the building site before the demolition started.
Linh found her car keys at the bottom of the dumpster after an hour.
- skip
British English equivalent, especially for the open construction-site type
- trash container
neutral generic term; less specific than dumpster
- refuse bin
formal; covers any size, not just the large industrial type
文法句型
a dumpster
the dumpster behind X
dumpster outside X
用法筆記
Mainly American English; originally a trademark (Dempster-Dumpster) and now used as a general noun. British speakers usually say 'skip' for the construction-site type and 'wheelie bin' for the household type.