dumpster

Or Dump·ster

[duhmp-ster]

noun

1. a large metal or plastic bin for refuse designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck for emptying or hauling away.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dumpster¹

First recorded in 1935–40; dump ( def. ) + -ster ( def. ), originally part of the jingle “Dempster Dumpster, ” a trademark for a large trash container manufactured by the Dempster Brothers Company in Knoxville, Tennessee

Example Sentences

The materials were found in an off-campus dumpster, said a parent of one of the students and also Alex Tran, a Villa Park High student government leader who graduated in June.

From Los Angeles Times

But the collective dumpster fire we got was worse than I had imagined.

From Los Angeles Times

Her family pays the city for their own dumpster bins to dispose of their own trash rather than leave it on the street to attract vermin or other pests, Ronquillo said.

From Los Angeles Times

Mistakes probably won’t be punished by UCLA, which has been turned into a complete Dumpster fire by athletic director Martin Jarmond, but that’s another story for another day.

From Los Angeles Times

“We’ve had people show us pictures of boxes they’ve taken out of the dumpster,” said Griffith, the Land Hermit Crab Owners Society president.

From Slate