dump truck
noun
: an automotive truck for the transportation of bulk material that has a body which tilts to dump its contents
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Meanwhile, Florida Department of Transportation crews have cleared 50,000 cubic yards of sand from barrier island roads — enough to fill more than 3,000 dump trucks.
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Kathryn Varn, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
As a tech giant, the laundry list of products the company makes includes: hydraulic cranes, mining dump trucks, specialty steels, power grids, transformers, green energy systems, trains, auto parts, supercomputers, elevators and escalators.
—Quispe López, Them, 19 Sep. 2024
There were maybe 75 people on a pretty big dump truck, all crammed in.
—Lea Lane, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Earlier Sunday, about 150 dump trucks and 45 other vehicles assisted the effort.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Kathryn Varn, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
As a tech giant, the laundry list of products the company makes includes: hydraulic cranes, mining dump trucks, specialty steels, power grids, transformers, green energy systems, trains, auto parts, supercomputers, elevators and escalators.
—Quispe López, Them, 19 Sep. 2024
There were maybe 75 people on a pretty big dump truck, all crammed in.
—Lea Lane, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Earlier Sunday, about 150 dump trucks and 45 other vehicles assisted the effort.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Dump truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dump%20truck. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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