dump truck

A heavy-duty truck having a bed that tilts backward to dump loose material.

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dump truck

or dumper-truck

1. (Automotive Engineering) a small truck used on building sites, having a load-bearing container at the front that can be tipped up to unload the contents

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dump′ truck`

or dump′truck`,

a usu. open-topped truck having a body that can be tilted to discharge its contents.

[1925–30]

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Noun

dump truck - truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity

dumper, tip truck, tipper lorry, tipper truck, tipper

motortruck, truck - an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling

Translations

benne

автосамосвал самосвал

dump truck

n → Kipper m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dump truck

n (also dumper truck) → autocarro con cassone ribaltabile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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