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Meaning of dump truck | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈdʌmpˌtɹʌk

Definitions

  1. A heavy truck, for carrying loose, bulk cargo (e.g., soil, gravel, grain), having a hinged bed that allows the contents to be unloaded onto the ground via dumping.
  2. A large pair of buttocks.
    slang

Equivalents

العربية شَاحِنَة تَفْرِيغ
Azərbaycanca özüboşaldan
Bosanski kiper кипер
Català bolquet camió de trabuc
Deutsch Kipper Muldenkipper
Ελληνικά ανατρεπόμενο
Español camión de volteo dompe dumper tolva volqueta volquete
Suomi kippiauto lavakuorma-auto
Français camion à benne basculante camion benne camion-tombereau tombereau
Hausa tifa
Hrvatski kiper кипер
Հայերեն ինքնաթափ
Íslenska Búkolla
Italiano mezzo d'opera
日本語 ダンプカー
한국어 덤프트럭
Македонски кипер
Nederlands kiepwagen
Polski wywrotka
Português basculante caçamba caminhão-caçamba
Română autobasculantă
Русский самосвал
Српски kiper кипер
Svenska dumper
Türkçe damper
Українська вантажівка
Tiếng Việt xe ben

Examples

“Specialised long-reach excavators with a clamshell grab⟳ then reach⟳ though the openings to lift⟳ the spoil⟳ to the surface, which is then deposited in articulated dump⟳ trucks (ADTs).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dumpage dumpbin dumpcart Dumped dumpee Dumper

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